The Anatomy Book IL 
3. $. As alfo, That in a Bud, the Lignous Part is fpread abroad, 
fo asto encompafs a Pith. Whereas in a Trunk-Root, it makes a fo. 
lid Thred ftanding in the Center. Which is the Caufe of its defcend. 
ing into the Ground: as is already, in the Fir gok, and fhall in 
This be further fhewed, 
4. $. ROOTS are generally diftinguifhed, as to their Figures, 
in being more Entrie, as is that of Líquiri(h5 or Parted, as of St. Johns- 
wort. Parted or Forked, either at the Bottom, as moft Roots ; or at 
the Top, as Dandelyon, and fome others. A thing very odd, and un- 
intelligible, without the knowledge of the Motions of Roots ; whereof 
prefently. j z 5 
5. $. Parted, again, are either Ramified, as that of bos or 
Manifold, as of Crowfoot: both are Parted ; but the former, by the 
fubdivifion of greater Branches, into leffer ; thefe, when divers Strings, 
have all their diftinét original from one Head. Some are Straight, asa 
Radifh 3 others Crooked, as Biflors. Smooth, as Buglofs 3 or Stringy 
all round about, as Columbine. And to Carnations, this feems to be 
eculiar, That fometimes many of the Strings run parallell with the 
Food of the great Root, through the Bargue, or betwixt the Wood and 
the Barque. 
6. $. Again, fome are Thick, as Riwbarb; Slender, as the Vine, 
Long; as Fenil; Short, as a Turnep : which are diftinét from Great and 
Little 5 in that thefe, are fo called with refpe&t to feveral Roots ; thofe, 
with refpeét to the feveral Dimenfions of one. Short, are Stubbed, as 
Tris tuberofa ; or Round,as Dracoztium. Round are Tuberous,or Simply 
Knobbed, as Rape-Crowfoot 5 Bulbous, that is Scaled, as fome Lilys; or 
Shelld, as an Onion. Where note, That all Bulbous Roots, are, as it 
were, Hermaphrodites, or Root and Trunk both together: for the 
Strings only, areabfolute Roots 5 the Bulb, actually containing tho 
Parts, which fpringing up, make the Leaves or Body; and is, asit were, 
aGreat Bud under ground, 
7. $. Roots, again, are Even or Uneven; Even, are Cylindrical, 
as Eryngo 5 or Pyramidal, as Borage: Growing fmaller Downwards, 
as do moft; or Upwards, as Skirrets. Uneven, are Pitted, as Potato's, 
where the Eyes or Buds of the future Trunks lie inward ; or Knotted, 
as Ferufalem-Artichoke 5 where they ftandout. Thefe Differences, are 
alfo Compounded : fo fome Roots are both Entire and Smooth, as 
Peony ; others Entire, but Stringy, as Clary: that is, neither Ramifid, 
nor yet Brufby, or divided at the Top into feverall {mall Strings; buta 
Single Root {urrounded with many Hairy Téreds. Some both Plain in 
fome parts, and Knobbed in others, as Filipendula, Lilium non bulbofum, 
and others, 
8. $. Some alfo have two ormore Roots; and thofe of one Kind - 
of which, fome are.diftin&ily faftend to the bottome of the Stalk, asin 
Dogftones 5 fome ftand one under another, fo as only the uppermolt is 
faften’d to the Stalk, as in Dragon, Crocus, and others. And there are 
fome, which have not only two Roots, at the fame time 3 but thofeal- 
fo of two diftin® Kinds, as in Biflort 3 one of them, a {lender ftrait 
Cylindrick and horizontall Root; the other large and crooked, and 
bred of the Dele nding Trank ; as in {peaking next of the Motions of 
Roots, will be underftood, how. All which, with other Differences 
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