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3. §. The Figsres, not only of the larger fort of Seeds, but even 
of the fmalleft, have much and elegant variety. We will take the 
pleafure of comparing thefe which follow. 
4. §. And firft of all,fome are perfedtly Spherick., and with an even 
Lab. 73, Surfaces asthat of little Century, That of Spergula is alfo. Spherick 5 
but hath a knobed Surface ,\ and is encompaffed with a Membraneeus 
Rimm, likethe Horizon ofa Globe. That of little Celendine is Circu- 
Jar, but compreffed like a Chee/e. 
5. §. Others are Nephroideons,or as it were Hemifpherick. Of which 
Figure, and hereunto approaching, there are a greater number than 
of any other; as that which agrees with the more frequent shape and 
Fold of the Lobes and Radicle of the Seed, as thall be feen. Yet with 
fome differetice, as to their Shape and Surface. So, that of Lychnis syl- 
Tab. 73 vefiris is figur'd juft like the kidney ofa Cat5 and hath a knobed sur- 
fo" face. That of Poppey comes near it in Shapes but hatha Surface ex- 
actly like that part of the Paunch ofa Sheep, called the Hony-Coome. 
‘Fhat of great Celandine, is a little more oblong; and fo, like the 
Kidney, not of a Cat, but of a Sheep = chequered with parallel Rings 
and other {hort Lives placed alternately betwixt them. 
6. s. Where, by the way, we may fee, as well by the Seed, as by 
the. other Parts, of how different kinds, the Great and Little Celanz- 
dine, notwithftandig their Names, are to be efteemed. 
Tub 7. § The Seed alfo of Bex or Jpatling Poppey is fomewhat like a 
& 73: Kidney: but hath its Circumference raifed up into a double Ridg: to 
which feveral fmall Ridges do in fome fort alfo radiate frome one Centre 
Je. the Bafé of the Seed. 
Tub, 73. 8 §. The Sted of Chickweed, is partly like a Kidzey, and partly 
likea little Retort. As alfo that of Pentaphil. fragiferum.” But the for- 
mer is tough caft with {mall pieces having as it were feet on each fide, 
like little Ines. With which, the Seed of Leuchanthensun: ( which 
may be called, the Giant-Chickweed) doth much agree. The latter, 
hath feveral Frbrows Ridges, refembling the Fibres in the Auricles of 
the Hearts ‘or runing from the nofe to the Circumference, fomewhat 
like the Azymuth Lines ona Quadrant. 
Tab. 73 9. §. Some are'Ovals as that of the little Bell, and rough caft 
"12" “with Fibres almoft parallel and produced by the Length of the Seed, 
{n which latter refped, the Seeds alfo.of Trachelium and fome other like 
Plants, are agreeable. That of Brooklime, is. alfo Oval, but encompafied 
with a thick Rim, narrowing all the way to the Ba/fé of the Seed. 
10. §. The Seed of Dovesfoot hath an oval Cone, and a flat Baje. 
Its Surface favous, like that of Poppy, Toad-flax, and fome other Seeds. 
Tab.73. That of Sedum minus eftivum Ivteum, is in a manner the Figure of 
the former inverted, being flat, notat'the Ba/é, but on the Top. And 
whereas that rifes with a blunt Avgle, this hath only a Ridg, raifed 
above the Surface of the Seed, 
11. §. The Seeds of divers fortsiof Grafs, aremore Conich, as par- 
ticularly ofthat, which forthe likenefs its Seed hath toa Barly Corn, 
may be called Barley-Grafs. And Tittle doubt, but that among the 
Tab. 973 feveral forts ‘of Grafs, there are fome which anfwer tovall the kinds af 
1?" ‘Bfewlent Griins, as Out-Grafs, Rice:Grafi, Wheat-Grafs, Rye-Graft. 
And accordingly, that they may be more profitably fown in one Ground, 
than inanother; and ufed with diftinétion, ‘for the higher, or more 
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