60 ROOT. 



2. Creeping, (repens) spreading horizontally and 



throwing out little roots from space to space, 

 extremely tenacious of life ; as in Mint and 

 Couch-grass, fig. 2. 



3. Fusiform, or spindle-shaped, like the Carrot, 



fig. 3. 



4. Abrupt, or premorse, as Devil's-bit, (Scabiosa 



succisa) fig. 4. 



5. Roundish, as the turnip, fig. 5. 



6. Tuberous, consisting of roundish knobs, con- 



nected by fibres, as the Potatoe, fig. 1, 

 pi. 25. 



7. Bulbous, as in the Tulip, in which it is solid, 



fig. 2 ; in the Onion, in which it is tunicated, 

 fig. 3 ; the Lily, in which it is scaly, fig. 4. 



8. Granulated, as in Wood-sorrel, fig. 5. 



9. Fasicled, fig. 6. 



10. Palmate diXidi Twin, as in Orchis, figs. 7, 8. 



11. Dentate, as in Primula, fig. 9. 



Roots are either Annual, Biennial, or Perennial. 



