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THE 
ANATOMY 
SE eps 
PART IV. 


GHAP L 
Of the FIG URES of Seeds. 
@) HE Figures of Seeds, or rather of their outZ 
Za\ ward Covers, are made fuitable, Partly to their 
4 Collocation inthe Uterus, asthe Exd. So thofe 
of Mallow, ftanding like a Coronet round the 
sory Stalk, are of a wedged Figure 5 whereby their 
22) tharp Edges do all meet together in one Cextre. 
vey. Paitly; to the various diftribution of the Vefféls 
SOV. or Fibers, as one Canfe: by which the Aeafures 
: PF and Surface of Seeds, as well as of the Leaves 
of Plants, are diverfified. And partly, to the Nature of the Saline 
and other Principles regent in a Plant; as another principal Canje. 
And therefore the more ffony,brittle, or fall of Salt the Covers of any 
Seeds are, they are generally more angular, and their Figure, whether 
angular or not, more conftantly obferved: So the Tartareous Stove of 
a Plum, isnot only more angular, but alfo more regular than the Husk 
of the Kernel of a Pear or Apple. ; eobts 
9. §. For all Stones are meafured by feveral Gircles, whofe Dia- 
metres hold a certain proportion to the Length of the Stones in the 
{anie manner as hath been {hewed in the deftription of the Leaf. So P.i. Ch.3 
the Stone ofthe Peafe-Cod-Plum, is meafured by two Circles. That of 
the Turkey-Plum with Four: That of the Aprecok:-Plum, with Two Tab. 7.43 
repeated oppofitelys being perfectly Rhomboid. To which, thofe 
alfo of the Wheat-Plum, Damajceen, and fome others, allude. And fome 
are meafured be four Circles, and one repeated. ; 
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