This _Inner Body_ is, by dissection, best observable in the Bean and great Lupine. In other larger Pulse it shows likewise some obscure Marks of it-self: But in no other Seeds, which I have observed, though of the greatest size, as of _Apples_, _Plums_, _Nuts_, &c. is there any clear appearance hereof, upon dissection, saving in the _Radicle_ and _Plume_; the reason of which is partly from its quantity, being in most Seeds so extraordinary little; partly from its Colour, which in most Seeds, is the same with that of the _Parenchyma_ it self, and so not distinguishable from it. Yet in a _Gourd-Seed_, the whole _Seminal Root_, not only its _Main Branches_, but also the Sub-divisions and Inosculations of the lesser ones, are without any dissection, upon the separation of the Lobes, on their contiguous Flats immediatly apparent. See _Fig. 5_. And as to the existence of this Seminal Root, what Dissection cannot attain, ocular inspection in hundreds of other Seeds, even the smallest, will demonstrate; as in this _Chapter_ shall be seen how. In the mean time, let us only take notice, that when we say every Plant hath its Root, we reckon short, for every Plant hath really two, though not contemporary, yet successive Roots, its Original or _Seminal-Root_ within its Seed, and its _Plant-Root_, which the _Radicle_ becometh in its growth: the _Parenchyma_ of the Seed being in some resemblance, that to the _Seminal Root_ at first, which the Mould is to the _Plant-Root_ afterwards; and the _Seminal Root_ being that to the _Plant-Root_, which the _Plant-Root_ is to the _Trunk_. For our better understanding whereof, having taken a view of the several Parts of a Bean, as far as Dissection conducts; we will next briefly enquire into the use of the said Parts, and in what manner they are the Fountain of Vegetation, and concurrent to the being of the future Plant. The general Cause of the growth of a _Bean_ or other Seed, is _Fermentation_; that is, the _Bean_ lying in the Mould, and a moderate access of some moisture, partly dissimilar, and partly congenerous, being made, a gentle _Fermentation_ thence ariseth; by which the _Bean_ swelling, and the _Sap_ still encreasing, and the _Bean_ continuing still to swell, the work thus proceeds: as is the usual way of explicating. But that there is simply a _Fermentation_, and so a sufficient supply of _Sap_, is not enough; but that this _Fermentation_ and the _Sap_ wherein ’tis made, should be under a various Government by divers Parts thereto subservient, is also requisite; and as the various preparation of the _Aliment_ in an _Animal_, equally necessary, the particular process of the Work according whereto, we find none undertaking to declare.