214 AN-IN TRODYDCTIAON 
CHAP; ae. 
Of RavDICATION. 
Y RADICATION is meant the 
Difpofition of the Root of the Plant ; 
which is to be confidered in refpeét to the 
afcending and defcending Caudex and the 
Radicles; as has been fhewn in Chap. 2. 
wherethe principal Characters of Roots have 
been explained. Roots are farther diftin- 
guifhed into, 
BULBOSE, confifting of a Bulb; and 
thefe are either, 
Squamofe, Scaly ; asin Lihum, 
Tunicate, coated; as in Cepa. 
Duplicate, double; as in Fritillaria; or, 
Solid; as in Tulipa. 
TUBEROSE, knobbed; and thefe are 
either, 
Palmate, handed ; asin Orchis. 
FPafciculate, bundled; asin Paonia; or, 
Pendulous, hanging ; asin Filipendula, and 
Elzagnus. 
ARTICULATE, jointed; as is Lathrea, 
Oxalis, Martyniz, and Dentaria. 
FUSIFOR M, Spindle-fhaped ; as in Paffi- 
naca, Daucus, and Rephanus, 
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