Part 8

_acdacd_ The _Lignous Body_, or the several Shoots thereof represented in their Ranks, by the black Lines; the Pricks made along the Lines being the Terminations of the said Shoots or Fibres; not visible except in a thin slice, or after the Surface of the _Turnep_, being cut, is well dried.

_cccc_ The _Cortical Body_ inserted betwixt the Shootings of the _Lignous_: or the _Pith_.

_ab ab_ A piece of the _Cortical Body_ taken off, that its own Insertions (_eeee_) and the Osculations of the _Lignous_ may be seen; which is best done after the Insertions are a little dried and shrunk.

_The Appearance of divers Roots, in their Elder estate, as ~ex. gr.~ of a ~Columbine~._

_Fig. 9._ The Fibrous parts of the _Root_, where the _Lignous Body_ stands Central; the Pores whereof are represented by the black Specks.

10. The _Root_ cut a little higher, where the _Cortical Body_ sometimes appears only once inserted.

11. The _Root_ cut higher with the Insertions in some number.

12. The Insertions still more numerous.

13. The _Pith_ (_a_) now begun, the said Insertions being collected in the Center.

14. The _Pith_ (_a_) more amplified.

_Fig. 15._

_Sheweth a small piece of the Trunk of ~Burdock~._

_a_ The just size thereof to the naked Eye.

_aaaa_ The appearance of it through a _Microscope_.

_lll_ The Inserted _Cortical Body_.

_ccc_ The outmost shooting of the _Lignous Body_ distributed into the Leaves.

_ee_ _bb_ _tt_ The inner Shootings or Fibres distributed to the Branches.

The Black Specks are their Pores, which, through a _Microscope_ are fairly visible in them all.

_Fig. 16._

_aaaa_ The Slice of a Trunk of divers years growth.

_cccc_ The _Cortical Body_, or _Barque_.

_e_ The _Pith_.

The white Lines are the Insertions of the _Cortical Body_ or _Barque_.

The Black Lines are the _lignous Body_.

The several Shootings thereof betwixt the black Circles shew the Annuall Rings.

_Fig. 17._

_Sheweth a small piece of Oak cut athwart._

_b_ The just bigness of it, as it appeareth to the naked eye.

_bbbb_ The appearance thereof through a _Microscope_.

_aaaa_ The greater Insertions visible to the bare eye.

The white Lines are the smaller Insertions only visible by the _Microscope_.

_cccccc_ The greater Pores visible to the bare eye.

_eeeeee_ The middle sized.

The black Spots are the smallest of all, and both these latter visible only through the _Microscope_.

_c_ The _Pith_ of every great Pore.

_Fig. 18._

_aaaa_ A piece of the Leaf of a Table.

_bbbb_ The _lignous Body_ with its Pores running by the length of the Trunk.

_cccc_ The Insertions of the _Cortical Body_, with the Tract of their Pores running directly cross to those of the _lignous_, _viz._ by the Diameter or breadth of the Trunk.

_Fig. 19._

_A Slice of a younger Trunk of a ~Burdock~._

_cccc_ The utmost Shootings of the _lignous Body_ contiguous to the Skin; wholly distributed into the outer Leaves.

_eeee_ The middle Shootings running chiefly into the lower _Germens_.

_et_ _et_ &c. The inner Shootings belonging to the higher _Germens_.

_a_ The _Pith_.

_The various Disposure, Size and Figure of the ~Fibres~ in the Stalk of a Leaf._

_Fig._

20 In _Endive_ thus. 21 _Coltsfoot_. 22 _Cycory_. 23 _Ivy_. 24 _Asarabacca_. 25 _Mint_. 26 _Dock_. 27 _Borage_. 28 _Mullen_. 29 _Cabbage_.

_FINIS._

End of Project Gutenberg's The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun, by Nehemiah Grew