Book IV. of Seeds. 20 3 rr 
13. §. With refpe& to the ufe of this Cover, it.tsobfervable, that 
where there isa Stove or Shell over it, as in the Barbado Nut, it is 
fofts. but where there is none, as in Nux Vomica, Afb, &c: ‘tis hard 5 
and fo it felf inftead of a Stowe. Asalfo, That it becomes hard, only 
by the proper Nature ofits Parenchyma, and the exquifite fizallnefs of 
the Bladders of which it confifts. Whereas a Stone, is alfo hatdened by 
the Lees or Tartar of the Sap which finks into it,and thereby petrifies it 
(a) as hath been faid. So that whereas a Stone, as it lies in the Ground, (a) P. 3; 
only cleavs in certain Places, but continueshard - This Cover, likefome Cp, 3, 
Horns, wpon the due acceflion of Moifture, doth gradually becomie 
Joft. Whereby, as while itis bard, it performs the Office of a stone, 
in guarding the Seed til the proper Seafoz for its Growth: So after- 
wards when it is foft, it anfwers, as in Orach or Dock, (b) to a vi- (6) Ch, 3: 
telum, from whence the Seed receiveth its firft and pureft Aliment. $. 89 



CHAP. Iv. 
Of the FOETUS or true SEED: and firft of the 
RADICLE and LOBES. 
@AV ING difcourfed of the Covers, come next to 
Gm the Seed or Fetus it felf Of the Shape and Po- 
Z, fture whereof, I thall give fome Examples, firft, a- 
% mong thofe with the thinner fort of Covers 5 and 
Z then, of thofe with the Bulky one: where I fhall 
fpeals only of the Lobes, or Main Body, and the 
Bitee@ Radicle. Next, 1 fhall defcribe the feveral forts of 
Nodes or Buds of Seeds. And laftly, the. feveral Parts, of which the 
Lobes, Radicle, and Buds are compounded. 
a, §. Among Seeds with the Thinner Covers, are thofe of all forts of 
Corn and Grafi, Of adifferent make, from that of moft other Seeds ¢ 
The Main Body being not divided into Lobes, but one entire Piece , 
doubled in the form of a Pair of Lipps. And whereas commonly, 
the whole Seed is very Softand Oyly; here, only thofe two minute 
Parts, which become the Root and Stalk, are fo: The Main Body 
being of a different Sub{tance ;_ when the Corn is ripe, hard and friable 5 
but when it is own, eafily colliquable into a kind of Milk or Chyle, fo 
that, in fome refpedts, it hath a near Analogy toaVitellum. For as that 
is gradually melted into a fort of Chyle, and by the Branches of the Du- 
dws Inteftinalis carryed into the Bowels of the Chick: So is this; intoa 
like substance, and by the Branches of the Seminal Root ( formerly i 
defcrib’d ) conveyed to thofe Parts, which become the future Plant. B.1, Ch. is 
3. §. Of Relation tothis Kind, the Seeds of Dates, and of fome 
other like Plavts, may be efteem’d. For that which is commonly cal- 
led the Stove, feems indeed tobe the Main Body of the seed, doubled 
or folded up in the fame manner as inCorz. Towhich that Part which 
becomies the Plavt, is annexed, But whereas in Corn, “tis placed . Tab. 74, 
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