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Gt eo Ae ae, 
Of RooTs. 
HE ROOT (whofe Office is to dratv 
up Nourifhment, and which alfo pro- 
ducés the Herb with its FruGtification) cons 
fitts of two Parts, viz. Caudex, the Stock or 
Body of the Root ; and Radicu/a, the Radicle 
or little Root. 
CAUDEX, the Body of the Root both af 
cends and defcends. 
_ The afcending Caudex raifes itfelf gradu- 
ally above Ground, ferving oftenasa Trunk, 
and produces the Herb or Plant *. 
The defcending Caudex ftrikes gradually 
downward into the Ground, and puts forth 
Radicles. It has been diftinguifhed, accord- 
ing to its various Structure, into 
Perpendicular, when itruns directly down- 
wards. 
Horizontal, when it extends itfelf tranf 
verfly under the Earth. 
* Linnaeus infers from hence, thatall Trees and Shrubs 
are to be confidered as Roots above Ground; and that 
this is the Reafon that Trees, when inverted, put forth 
Leaves from the defcending Stem, and Roots from the 
afcending. 
N Simple, 
