. EL ptercloped, and Tie off ee fice sername it is es Be: 
_ placed by a number of secondary roots developed from the 
Fic. 104.—Diagram of fili- Fic. 105.-—Fibrous root of 
form root. a grass. 
lower extremity of the stem. In grasses, for example, these 
roots are filiform, and are then called fdrous roots (Fig. 
-+ Fic. 106.—Tuberous fasciculated Fic. 107:—Tuberous fasciculated root 
eee root of SAzvea fjilipendula. of the dahlia, 
“ 105) ; but not unfrequently some of them become eboraee 
ie much swollen at intervals, or in the middle]; - and 
