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Show Book IV. Tbe Anatomy 14. §. The Nawmber of the Le. , as hath been faid, iscommonly Five. Yet fome Flor have fewer, and fome more, and that with in all, fo far. The er of Acanthus S fingle Leaf, that of Mozks-R rt, vers, Five-Le , Leav'd ; of French Mar d3; of Poppy, C Be 3; of White I with Bulbo , isin a manner one ay Radifh, and manyothers, F Plants and Twenty perhaps Numbers, from One to Ove Conttancy, in divers 8 reater Nussber of oe ea Le Onion, and moft of Wild-Crowfoot, Seven- ommonly Eight-Leav'd , of Flower-de) ec wadies- Mant James's Wort, Thirteen-Leav'ds and 1 thinkofFe ratum, Corn- Marigold, with others; 2 Chamemile, mum, and fome few more, the Leaves are commonly Oze and Twenty. In that of St, Fames’s Wort the Numberis fo conftant that there is {carce OneF lowerin Forty, wherein the Leaves are more or fewer than Thirteen. Divers of which Numbers, { the Number 5: For 95 is Twice 5 13, Tt ning into it felf, 15. §. THE Conftituent Parts of the Flower of the Leaf, fe.the Pa or bottom of the Flower, the Parenchyma iscom gyand dry, than in the Leaves 5 conteining, aft little or no Sap, but only a dry and warm Aer. are the fame asthofe ls. But in the Baffs y much more fpor| is open’d, : ee seers OK -« as 16. §, e€ Iry Lvianiled De y yer yar ingconWilt, a The Veffels of the Fewer, are both forS: and for Aer, as well asin other Parts. And both of them fometimes, evenin the s of the Flower 5 as may be argued from its being ftained with divers Colours 3 produced as hath formerly been fhewed, by the mixed Tindures of the faid Vefels. Book IV. of Flowers. belliferous Kind, is the more odorous. And therefore alfo, the Vine hath no Flower, partly, that the moft Volatile Spirit and sulphur might all run into the Fruit. : THEFigure of the Flower, although it is often much more complex, than that of the Leaf: yet there is no doubt, but that the Meafure hereof may be defined in fome way, anfwerable to that exemplified in the foregoing jPart, The difference is only this, That whereas the Greew Leaves, and the Plain Leaves alfo of the Flower, are all meafured by the parts of feveral Circles: thofe Flowers which are Bellyed, and thofe Leaves of the Flower which are not Plain; but Convex, are all meafured by the parts of feveral Spheres. And as the Diametres of thofe Circles, bear acertain proportion to the-midle Stemm of the Leafs fo the Axes of thefe spheres, to an imaginary one in the Centre ofthe Flower. 21. §. NOW the reafon whythe Figure of the Flower is more multiplex; than that. of the Leaf; may be, parily, becaufe it is under the Command and Government ofthofe Salts, which are here more refined and depurate,than in the Leaf; and fo morefree to lay the Foundation of any kind of Figure, for which, of their own Nature, they are adapted. Partly, for that as the Nitrows and Alkaline Salts are chiefly regnant inthe Leaf; fo in the Flower, in which the Parenchymous Part ake hatha greater (2) proportion than in the Leaf 5 it is moft reafonable; ti) Wa, dea, to aflign the Predominion tothe Acid (b): the Particles whereof,both as they are lef,and alfo poynted at both ends, (¢) fem to be moreeafily : s 1 = Sat SS Thefe Colours, in many Flowers, as Tu- ) CHAP. to obferve the latter by Glaffes5 efpecially the Proportion which they But if you break the Leaves of fome Flowers, withvery great gentlenefs; they may hereby be Uzroaved or drawn out, as in the Green Leaves, to fome vifible lengths and theirdifferent Number in divers Flomers maybe difcerned. 18. §. THE Ofe ofthe Flower or of the Foliature whereof we _ are fpeaking, is various; as hath formerly been fhewed. I nowonly add, That one Ofe hereof feemeth to be, for the Se; more Volatile and ftronger Sulphur of the Plant. 1 which lyeth withinor next it,may be fo much the milder,and the 7 ciples thereof more fi and concentred. And this, both forits bet ter Duration till the time of Sowing; and alfo, that its Fermentatiov, precipitates but fuitable to Nia fo {lowitis andfow'n, equal maynot a motion,be astoois ho the 7 nd egetation of a Seed. rE 19. §. And that this Sulphur is feparated and difcharged by the er, feems evident, not only from the Strength of its Odour, of the other Parts but likewife, in that many times wl s 0 Flower,orthat very fmall, the seed, that is its Cover,as in above rere the Um ; a lips, asthey are in the Shin it (elf, fo therein only; the Pulp ofthe Leaf being white. 17. §. The Lignous or Sap-Veffels are fewer,and the Acr-Veffels {maller in the Flower, thanin the Leaf. And thereforeit is very difficult hold to the other Parts. ~ e = P ' Pine i applicable one to another for the making ofany Sort of Line or Figure. 6.$.13. i il 1 i ! ! ete IIL Of the Attire, and jirft of that fort which may be called Seminiform: ITHIN the Foljatare ftands the Attire; which is of Two general Kinds, every where Various and 2 Elegant; according to the Defcription I havegiven 2 of them inthe Firft Wook, I fhall here add fome Cf, g. \e further Remarques. ne 2. § Andfirft, of that Sort of Aftire, which ® may be called Seminiform 3 being ufually, as it were, alittle Sheaf of seed-like Particles; {tanding on fomany Pedicills, as the Ear doth upon the Ed of the Straw. i 2. is Of their Colour it is obfervable, That for the moft part, they areWhite or Yellow 3, fometimes Blew; but never Red, let the Flower or Foliature be of what Colour it will. Neither doth their Colourall- ways follow that of the Foliature, although that be not Red, Where- byit appears, how very Curious and Critical Nature is, in the Separa~ tion of the Fuyces in Plants: that fuch {mall Parts as thefe of the Attire; ind fo nearthe Leaves of the Flower, fhould yet receive a different Tin , | il wit! | \ } i ; '| i ’ { |