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Show GE In the Straw and Rafp- (as a PPEatS fromits Hairs which grow upon theripe “Fru it ( ! ] : Jdour) fe maybe furprizing to fome leading each to their Seed, and efor € we may obferve, ache BiGweEn writhit a auing on , : the Piftil the Subftance of tation, which puts hand the young Fruit in ihe Petala, ind the appears like a li i } } oa > Parts to unfold the g Plant t ulp ; which when : id convey'd their Globules, rife ina carneous Pulp. j inclos’d in the J 70 of the Plant in Miniature to be contain’d in the Seed, and ant only a proper Juice to unfoldits Parts, t the Bottom of 1 ftil of the 1 wh and make them grow. may The fecond Opinion is, That the which are three sor Rudime nts, of Farina of e Male Plant is the firft Germ or Semen of new Plant, and ftands in need ofn row orunfol d, but a fuit the s prepar'd in the Month of the Veffels, which is the Embryo of the Grain. This 4iperture ot Cicatricula is much the fame in bor 1 Grains, and ic is eafily obf Beans, &c. wi thout a Microf pete j The Root ofthelittle Germ is jt ut againft this Aperture, and it is throug2h this it pales3S out whenthelittle Grain comes to germinaite tiom r. Patrick Blair, treating off the Ge of Plants, fays, That a Vegetative Life i common to them, as well as Animals that the Propagation or Produétion of Species is the Effeét of the Vege Senft ve Lite in Animals, as well as 7 and that if there be a N of two diff ce egetting or Generating ame Neceffitty muft be in Plaxts toc: as a Cow, a Mare, a Hen, a S/ annot produce an Animal without e Particles hi of them fall into the O ierifh and bring it no more can itne fuppos’d that can produce fertile Seed loa the Concurrence of the Male Plant, or the Male Parts of the Plant. Ray ae That he will not denytthat d Ovum containsthe Ase A Seed to excite a and evencome to Maaturity 5 without th j Edis ni r re either convey'd thence i aly Matrix icle, to fecut dif y the Bemals i I nds in need : both ng g nt into Mr. G oy rather takes the proper Seed to be in the Fi 1 inafmuch i. the belt tturn down, asthe Cyclamen Micr 7 ongg0gg6 the : ial Crown, the Piftil is much : itina, that the Duft may s in ae—1 » for the Bufir preg r roy aflures us, thatin all the he had ma the cutting of t 4 oe lin h pes d he leaft Appear- oe it hey i ?mbryo’s ofthe are exam in'd, before the ; mit Pi if the j Part which bec omes th the Microfcope€ oe Petala and til, or that i t 1 a and the nate any kinds of Bake? as the Oa 1¢ Flowers, Mr. e Seminal imals cannot be produGiv have th a may eali y ruit, i c whicth are not far d there is fome Difficul With a cerrain Sneci. pene ceteainys : of¢ P} t f 5 the Flower 7 tet ak eenifh Speck ate ie the Female : Proy folves, by e Vehicle th t t S, you may begin to ‘diti | ayes!like two forall J lorns dy grows, the Liquor diminifhes 1 ] at length the Grain becor and N Opening it, the Cavity w i witha young Plant in Mini > Germ or er whereintl cing impregna ¢ Motion at ciples of the Ma can the Female fertile, until it be ir 2a Fecundans from the M he Flowers of Plants, iftl 0, or if the re were ‘not e from themin the Perfection 1 not be fo oft ae are. fo weaken’d as not to be able to bring the Fruit to Perfe@ion: but there is no Fruit ot Seedto befeen, unlefs a Flower has beenfent as a Meflenger before it, to give Notice of its Approach ; thoughit is not always upon the famePlant, yet is fill upon fome orher Plant of the fame Species; for the FI are to be feen upon diftin Branches, or different from the Fruit, Suglaus, &c. the Mercurialis, Spinachia, But the i safe upon th Flove is {pent and gone; efore they muft ve for another Ufe, t to be merely ornamental: for if that were their principal Ule, they would be always con{piccuous, which they are not, for the moft part, in Apetalous Flowers; and they fhould always be to be feen, and never be hid : which is not fo in the A/ar: im, Hypeace é . wh tho’ the Floweris large to the Fruit, yet it is not Leaf be turn’d uy Fruit be na gh iin Prop f The Frun 1d Gramina have tth minous Flowers; yet in fom Floweris feldom to be feen, be fhaken, and then h thez es will appe The Polypodium and other Capillary Plants have regular Flowers, which precede the minute Capfule or Seed-Veflels; but neither of themare conf{picuous without a Microfcope. From th In 2s it appears, t! t Flowers are not conftantly a Guard to pr« ferve the tender Embryo’s from the Injuri of the Air ; for tl he Flowers muft ways have been upon the fame P the Fruit. fore, fince the Apr er is the firft Step towardsthe Pro e Seed, whether both be uponthe fa Pedicle or not, it necefl follows, that one muft contribute towards the bringing the other to Perfection. Antients taking Notice, that s did produce Flowers and had no at other Plants of nn from the fame Seed, did pro previous Flower, they e, and the other without any to the Notion that her; the one was for they look’d upon ich barren; and therefore But fince lout a pre Pla aees of th eB then in a Condition to rec . 2 of the Male by the Wiind, sear Fruit in abundance, fprinkled upon them. For 3irds do not Jay Eggs Hiieessc Male, yet the Hen often doe out copulating with the Cock ; but Eggs are barren and W ind-Eggs. #¢ may produce Seed yet thatSeed is never fertile. For 1ft, As the Work of G ion in Animals does not proceed from their Animal or Senfitive Life, but from their Vegetative, which being the fame as in Plants, ‘that Operation form’d{after the fame Manner in e, as there is a Neceffityof t Sexes in Animals, it muft be fo Tendrils, or upon a Running Root, which is this imy hat the one of them is not to rout the other re may be ro owers upon 2 Fruit is feldom N >ds be the F ale, a brings forth the e7 flicula ta muft needs be the Male yer are Annual, the e Flowers, and fuch as have the Seed ur to each other ; but where the and where the Planc is ated by the Root than for there being no necd |
