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and other examples ; bulbous, as in tulips 

 &c. tuberous, as in potatoes, &c. The 

 radicula is the fibrous part of the root, 

 branching from the caudex. 2. The trunk, 

 which includes the branches, is that part 

 which rises immediately from t\ir caudex 

 in either herbaceous, shrubby, or arbor- 

 escent, and admits of several other dis- 

 tinct! ons,according to its shape,substance, 

 surface, &?c. 3. The leaves are either 

 sirs pie, as those that adhere to the branch 

 singly, or compound, as when several ex- 

 pand from one footstalk. Leaves are far- 

 ther described by various terms indicative 

 of their form and outline. 4. The props 

 those external parts which strengthen 

 support, or defend, the plants on which 

 they are found, or serve to facilitate some 

 necessary secretion ; as the petlious, or 

 footstalk of the leaf; the pedunculus, or 

 footstalk of the flower, the stipula, or 

 husk, that is, the small leaves that gener- 

 ally surround the stalk at its divisions ; 

 the cirrfiU8,or tendril; ihepubes, or down; 

 the arma, or defensive weapon, as thorns* 

 5. The fructification, or mode, of fruit- 

 bearing. 6. The inflorescence, or mode by 

 which the flowers are joined to the seve- 

 ral peduncles. 



