THE CONTENTS

CHAP. 1. Of the Seed as Vegetating.

The Method propounded. 1, 2. The Garden-Bean dissected. 2. The two Coats thereof. 2, 3. The Foramen in the outer Coat, 3, 4. What generally observable of the Covers of the Seed, 4. The main Body of the Seed, 5, 6. The Radicle distinguish’d. 6. The Plume distinguish’d. 8. Described. 9. The Cuticle described. 10, 11. The Parenchyma. 11, 12. The Inner Body, how observed. 14, 16. Describ’d. 15, 16, 17, 18.

The Coats how in common subservient to the Vegetation of the Seed. 20, 21. The Foramen, of what use herein. 22. The use of the Inner Coat, and of the Cuticle. 22. Of the Parenchyma. 23. Of the Seminal Root. 23, 24. How the Radicle first becomes a Root. 24, 26. How after the Root the Plume vegetates. 26. How the Lobes. 27. That they do, demonstrated. 29, 32. How the Lobes thus turn into Dissimilar Leaves. 32. What hence resolvable. 32, 33. The use of the Dissimilar Leaves.

CHAP. 2. Of the Root.

The Skin hereof, its Original. 37. The Cortical Body, its Original. 37. Description. 37, 38. Pores. 38. Proportions. 39. The Lignous Body, its Original. 39. Described by its Pores, 40. Its Proportions. 42. The Insertment, its original. 42. Description. 43. Pores. 43. Number and size. 44. A fuller description hereof, with that of the Osculations of the lignous Body. 44, 45. The Pith, its original sometimes from the Seed. 46. Sometimes from the Cortical Body. 47, 49. Its Pores. 49. Proportions. 49, 50. Fibres of the lignous Body therein. 50. The Pith of those Fibres. 51.

How the Root grows, and the use of the Skin, Cortical and lignous Body thereto. 51, 54. How it groweth in length. 55. By what means it descends. 56, 57. How it grows in breadth. 58. And the Pith how thus framed. 59. The use of the Pith. 60, 61. Of the Insertment. 61, 62. The joint service of all the Parts. 63, 65.

CHAP. 3. Of the Trunk.

The Skin, its original. 67. The original of the Cortical Body. 67. Of the lignous. 68. Of the Insertment and Pith. 68. The Latitudinal Shooting of the lignous Body, wherein observable. 69. The Pores of the lignous Body, where and how most remarkable. 70. The Pith of the same Pores. 70. A lesser sort of Pores. 71. A third sort only visible through a Microscope. Observed in Wood or Char-coal. 71. Observed in the Fibres of the Trunks of Plants. 72. 73. The Insertions where more visible. 73, 74. The smaller Insertions, only visible through a Microscope. 74, 75. The Pores of the Insertions. 76. Of the Pith. 77, 79.

How the Trunk ascends. 80. 81. The disposition of its Parts consequent to that Ascent. 81, 82. Consequent to the different Nature of the Sap. 83, 84. The effects of the said Differences. 84, 89. Which way, and how the Sap ascends. 89-98.

The Appendix. Of Trunk-Roots and Claspers.

Trunk-Roots of two kinds. 99. Claspers of one kind. 100. The use of both. 100, 103.

CHAP. 4. Of the Germen, Branch, and Leaf.

The Parts of the Germen and Branch the same with those of the Trunk. 104, 105. The manner of their growth. 105, 107. How nourished. 107. And the use of Knots. 108. How secur’d. 109. The Parts of a Leaf. 110. The Positions the Fibres of the Stalks of Leaves. 110, 111. The visible cause of the different shape of Leaves. 112. And of their being flat. 113. The Foulds of Leaves, their kinds and Use. 114-118. The Protections of Leaves. 119, 120. The use of the Leaf. 120, 123.

The Appendix. Of Thorns, Hairs and Globulets.

Thorns of two kinds. 124, 125. Hairs of divers. 126. Their use. 127. Globulets of two kinds. 128.

CHAP. 5. Of the Flower.

Its Impalement of divers kinds. 129, 130. Their use. 130, 132. The Foliation, its nature. 132. Foulds. 133, 134. Protections. 135. Downs. 135. Globulets. 136. Its Use. 137, 139. The Attire of two kinds. The Description of the first. 140, 142. Of the other. 143, 145. Their use. 145-148.

CHAP. 6. Of the Fruit.

The Number, Description, and Original of the Parts of an Apple. 149-152. Of a Pear. 153, 155. Of a Plum. 155-159. Of a Nut. 159, 161. Of a Berry. 161, 162. The use of the Fruit. 163-167.

CHAP. 7. Of the Seed in its state of Generation.

The Case, its Figures. 168. The outer Coat, its Figures. 170. Various Surface. 170, 171. And Mucilages. 171, 172. The nature of the outer Coat. 172. Its Original. 173, 174. The Original of the inner. 174. Its Nature. 175, 176. The Secondine. 177, 178. The Colliquamentum herein. 178. The Navel Fibres. 179, 180.

In the Generation of the Seed, the Sap first prepared in the Seed-Branch. 181. Next in the inner Coat. 182. With the help of the outer. 182. The use of the Secondine. 183, 184. Of the Ramulets of the Seed-Branch. ib. Of their Inosculation. ib. How the Colliquamentum becometh a Parenchyma. 185, 186.