ANALYTICAL ARRANGEMENT 
OF 
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ROOTS. 
Kinds. —(1.) Primary, growing from root-end of embryo. 
(a) Sirus. — Conall nepiforn Ca pasion 
(b.) MULTIPLE, — Moniliform, # necdacetiv Fascicu- 
tated, ae tufted, thick and fleshy. Tudercular, 
we having small tubers. /vérous, Bs thread- 
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like. 
(2.) SECONDARY, growing from stems. 
Underground, starting from stem below ground. Aérial, 
statting from stem above ground, 
STEM. 
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Parts. — \ 2, Node, part to which the leaf is fastened. 
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z, /nternode, portion between nodes. 
a, Axil, the angle between leaf and stem, upper side, 
Class. — Exogenous, outside-growing (Maple, Elm). 
Endogenous, inside-growing (Corn-stalk, Timothy). 
Situation. —(1.) Above ground, usually leaf-bearing. 
(2) Under ground, scale-bearing. 
Stems above Ground, 
Character. — Herbaceous, soft, not woody (Fout-o’clock), 
Suffrutescent, slightly shrubby (Toad-flax).. 
Suffruticous, shrubby at base (Trailing Arbutus), 
Fruticous, shrubby (Currant-bushes). 
Arborescent, tree-like (Flowering Dogwood). 
Arboreous, tree (Elm). 
Direction of Growth. — Repent, PR RE prostrate and- 
rooting from the under surface (Partridge-berry), 
Procumbent, ptostrate, but not rooting (Purslane). 
Decumbent, prostrate, except at the extremity (Poor 
| Man’s Weather-glass), 
Assurgent, a ascending obliquely. 
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&rect, upright (Indian Corn). 
Scandent, t climbing with tendrils or rootlets (Grape, 
English Ivy). 
Voluble, # twining (Morning-glory), 
Declinate, fry declined or bent downwards (Blackberiy). 
Diffuse, loosely-spreading (Red Currant). 
Forms of Branches. — Sucker, _¥__ Pa branch of sub- 
terranean origin that finally rises out of the ground. The 
Raspberry multiplies in this way. 
Offset, Hee. a short, prostrate-rooting branch with a tuft 
» of leaves at the end (Houseleek), 
Runner, a long, prostrate-rooting branch with tuft 
of leaves (Strawberry), 
Stolon, 48 a branch that curves downward and takes 
root. The Currant multiplies in this way. 
Tndriis NE thread-like coiling branch used for climbing. 
Spine or Thorn, \: hard, sharp-pointed branch. 
Stems under Ground. 
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Kinds. — Rhizoma or Rootstock, Vhs a perennial, hori- 
zontal stem, partially or wholly subterranean (Calamus). 
Tuber, SD an enlarged stem with eyes (White-potato). 
Bulb, @ a bud, usually subterranean with fleshy scales 
(Onion, Lily). 
Corm, Gahe = solid bulb (Indian Turnip). 
