the ALcYONIUM. 
& ‘ito fmall clear Tubes, confifting of equal longifh Joints, each 
containing a {oft Subftance in it. | | 
‘Fig. Z, is the magnified Part lof a {mall Piece of the 
Roots, reprefented at Fig, e, are 
“ aD he flat Stem, and broad thin Leaves, are no more than: 
Sontinuation of thefe jointed Tubes, rifing Side by Side, 
Aa and growing on together in fuch a manner, that the Joints 
become placed alternately by each other, as at Fig. D; 
which is Part of a Leaf magnified. The natural Size of 
which is exprefied at Fig. d. — - 
_ The whole Surface of each Leaf, feems to be covered with 
 anexceeding thin whitifh Skin, which receives the Impreffion 
_ ofthe minute, regular, long-{quare Joints. a ts 
The dark curved Lines, that we obferve, at every Tenth 
_ of an Inch Diftance, at Fig. c, in the natural Appearance 
of this curious Figure, are full of brown Seed-like Particles, 
 Thefe, as they ripen together, or advance to Maturity, burft 
 thofe thin white Membranes ; which fhrink back, and leave 
 thefe femicircular Spaces bare, with thefe round Bodies ready 
| vain drop off, as they are reprefented at Fig. D. 
| When they are magnified higher, as at Fig. F they ap- 
pear like a Grape-ftone inclofed, all but the Bafe, in a vifcid 
_ tranfparent Subftance. 
PN i en Gab, ALP, 
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