}08 OF THE ROOT, 



" The great part of the root seemeth to 

 be bitten away : old fantasticke charmers 

 report, that the divel did bite it for envie, 

 because it is an herbe that hath so many 

 good vertues, and is so beneficial to man- 



kinde." The malice of the devil has 



unhappily been so successful that no virtues 

 can now be found in the remainder of the 

 root or herb. 



5. Radio: taberosa. A Tuberous or Knobbed 

 Root, is of many different kinds. The 

 most genuine consists of fleshy knobs, 

 various in form, connected by common 

 stalks or fibres, as in the Potatoe, Solanum 

 tuberosum, and Jerusalem Artichoke*, 

 Helianthus tuberosus Jacq. Hort. Vind. 

 1. 161. These knobs are reservoirs of nou- 

 rishment, moisture, and vital energy. Se- 

 veral of the Vetch or Pea kind are furnished 

 with them on a smaller scale ; see Vicia 

 lathyroides, Engl BoU t. 30, and several 



* A corruption, as I presume, of the Italian name 

 Girasole Articiocco, sun-flower Artichoke, as the plant 

 was first brought from Peru to Italy, and thence propa- 

 gated throughout Europe. 



