Fig. 20. Representeth a quarter of a slice of common Sumach of the first years growth, cut transversly.
The comparative anatomy of trunks together with an account of their vegetation grounded thereupon; in two parts: the former read before the Royal Society, Feb. 25. 1674/5; the latter, June 17. 1675. The whole explicated by several figures in nineteen copper-plates; presented to the Royal Society in the years 1673. and 1674. By Nehemiah Grew, M.D. and fellow of the Royal Society.
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- The comparative anatomy of trunks together with an account of their vegetation grounded thereupon; in two parts: the former read before the Royal Society, Feb. 25. 1674/5; the latter, June 17. 1675. The whole explicated by several figures in nineteen copper-plates; presented to the Royal Society in the years 1673. and 1674. By Nehemiah Grew, M.D. and fellow of the Royal Society.
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- Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712.
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- Botany -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
- Woody plants -- England -- Early works to 1800.
- Plants, Useful -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The comparative anatomy of trunks together with an account of their vegetation grounded thereupon; in two parts: the former read before the Royal Society, Feb. 25. 1674/5; the latter, June 17. 1675. The whole explicated by several figures in nineteen copper-plates; presented to the Royal Society in the years 1673. and 1674. By Nehemiah Grew, M.D. and fellow of the Royal Society." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42101.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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ABCD. The Bark.
AB. The Skin.
aa. The Hairs; some whereof are sharp, others knobbed at their ends.
KLCD. A very thick radiated ring of Lym∣phaeducts.
KL. A ring of ample Milk-vessels.
v. One of the said Milk-vessels.
tr. A close Parenchyma encompassing every Milk-vessel.
HI. A ring of a third sort of Sap-Vessels, con∣sisting of arched parcels hemming in the Lacteals.
tt. One of the said parcels, consisting of some hundreds of Vessels.
tw. A laxer Parenchyma.
XX. Another ring of Sap-vessels, which seem to be of a fourth kind.
DCFE. The Wood.
xx. The true Wood.
xy. The Air-vessels.
MMM. The Insertions. Most whereof run through the Wood, and halfway through the Bark, viz. as far as the Lacteals.
EFG. The Pith.
yy. A ring of Sap-vessels on the edge of the Pith.