178 AN INTRODUCTION 
Simple, when it has no Subdivifions. 
Ramofe, branching ; when it is dividedinto 
lateral Branches. 
Fujfiform, Spindle-fhaped ; when it is ob- 
long, thick and tapering, as in Daucus and 
Paftinaca. 
Tuberofe, knobbed; when it confifts of 
roundifh Bodies collected into a Fafcicle or 
Bunch ; as in Paonia, Hemerocallis, Helian- 
thus, Solanum and Filipendula. 
Repent, creeping; when it runs out to a 
Diftance, and puts forth Radicles from Space 
to Space. 
Fibrofe, when it confifts only of fibrofe 
Radicles. 
Pramorfe, bitten of; when the lower Part 
is truncate, and the Termination not taper- 
ing; as in Scadiofa, Plantago, and Valeriana. 
RADICULA, the Radicle, is the fibrofe 
Part of the Root, which terminates the de- 
fcending Caudex, and enables the Root to 
draw Nourifhment for the Support of the 
Vegetable. 
CHAP. 
