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18. §. So foon as thefe are finifhed, their Bafs begins afterwards 
Tab. 81, tobecontracted, and foto be formed into a Radicle or that 
Tab. 81. 
part of 
the Seed which becomes the Root. As the Stalks of Fruits do grow 
leffer, while the Frwits themfelves are expanded. So that in this eftate, 
the Radicle is, as it were, the Stalk of the Seed. 
19. §. Atthistime, the Seed being extream fmall, the Lobes are 
not fo manageable as to be feparated one from the other: Butit is 
moft reafonable to fuppofethat fo foon as the Radicle is finifhed, ‘the 
next f{tep, is the pufhing forth of another Node,between the Lobes,in 
order to the making ofa Bud, and fo the perfection of the Seed, 
20. §. This being done or in doing, the Radcle or Stalk of the 
Seed, contracting {till more and more at the bottome,hangs at the Inner 
Membrane,only by an extream {mall and fhort Ligament or Navel-String. ° 
Which at laft, alfo breaks; and fo the Seed, as Fruits when they are 
ripe, falls off and lies loofe in the Iner Adembrane 5 this gradually fhrink- 
ing up and fo becoming more hollow, to make room for the further 
Growth of the Seed. 
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