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Show Book IV. THE GCVO.N TTA NK S OF, LAE Fourth Part. CHAP. THE ANATOMY ,hERDS I. Of the FIGURES of Seeds. CBr PART IV. ih GnAtsh Of the NUMBER and MOTIONS of Seeds, CAPA SE ar tad, Of the FIGURES of Seeds. Of the feveral COVERS of Seeds, and of the V I TELLUM Smee S\\F_ % 3 HE Figures of Seeds, or rather of their outz ward Covers, are made fuitable, Partly to their Collocation in the Uterus, asthe End. So thofe of Malom, ftanding like a Coronet round the Stalk, are of a wedged Figure; wherebytheir \ tharp Edges do all meet together in one Centre; GUE GAT Rea Ve Of the FOETUS ortrueSEED: and frt of ve RADICLE and LOBES. fees C HeaLv. Of the BU DS of Seeds. And ofthe P ART'Sof Sor Of the GENERATION ofthe Seed. * or Fibers, as one Caufe: by which the AMeafures ’ and Surface of Seeds, as well as of the Leaves of Plants, are diverfified: hj thefe, the Radicle and Lobes are Cea, me CITAyl * Partly, to the various diftribution of the Vefels And partly, to the Nature ofthe Saline and other Principles regent in a Plant, as another principal Cafe. And therefore the mote ffony, brittle, or full of Salt the Covers of any Seeds are, they are generally more angular, and their Figure, whether angular or not, more conftantly obferved: So the Tariareous Stone of a Plum, isnot only more angular, but alfo more regular than the Husk of the Kernel ofa Pear or Apple. 2. §. Forall Stones are meafured by feveral Circles, whofe Diametres hold a certain proportion to the Length of the Stoves in the fame manner as hath been fhewed in the defcription of the Leaf: So Px. Ch.2: the Stove of the Peafe-Cod-Plum, is meafured by two Circles. That of the Turkey-Plum with Four. That of the Aprecok-Plum, with Two Tzb. 74: repeated oppofitely; being perfectly Rhomboil. To which, thofe alfo of the Wheat-Plum, Damajfceen, and fome others, allude. And fome are meafured be four Circles, and one repeated. Hh $s 3: |