TO BOTANY. 145 



4. POLYCOTYLEDONES, .with many Cotyledons; 

 as in Pinus, Cupressus and Linum. 



CHAP. XII. 





 OF RADICATION. 



BY RADICATION is meant the disposition of the 

 root of the plant ; which is to be considered in re- 

 spect to the ascending and descending caudex and 

 the radicles, as has been shewn in Chap. 2. where 

 the principal characters of roots have been explained. 

 Roots are further distinguished into, 



BULBOSE, consisting of a bulb; and these ar^ 

 either, 



Squamose, scaly ; as in Liliurn. 

 Tunicate, coated ; as in Cepa. 

 Duplicate, double ; as in Fritillaria : or, 

 Solid ; as in Tulipa. 



TUBEROSE, knobbed; and these are either, 

 Palmate, handed ; as in Orchis. 

 Fasciculate, bundled; as in Paeonia; or, 

 Pendulous, hanging; as in Filipendula and E- 



laeagnus. 



ARTICULATE, jointed; as in Lathraea, Oxalis, 

 Martynia and Dentaria. 



FUSIFORM, spindle-shaped; as in Pastinaca, Dau 

 cus and Raphanus. 



GLOBOSE, globe-shaped; asinBunium; and in 

 some species of Ranunculus and Chaerophyllum. 



Spinacia, Blitum, Beta, Galenia, Atriplex, Chenopodium, Ri r 

 vinia, Petivcria, Herniaria, Illecebrura, Polycnemum, Axyris, 

 AchyranthcSj Amaranth us, Gomphrena, Celosia, Ceratocar. 

 pus, Corisperuiurn, Callitriche, Salsola ; Salioornia and Ana-i 

 basia. 



