416 DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROOTS. 



7. Repent, creeping; when it runs out to a distance, and puts 

 forth radicles from space to space. 



8. Fibrose, when it consists only of fibrose radicles. 



9. Prjemorse, bitten off; when the lower part is truncate, and 

 the termination not tapering, as in ScABiosA,;..PLANTAGO,...and 

 Valeriana*. 



Radicula, the radicle, is the fibrose part of the root, which 

 terminates the descending caudex, and enables the root to draw 

 nourishment for the support of the vegetable. 



CHAP, tit 



OF THE HERB. 



THE herb is a part of the vegetable arising from the root, and 

 terminated by the fructification. It comprehends, 



1 . The Trunk, which serves to multiply the herb, and leads 

 immediately from the root to the fructification. It is clothed 

 with the leaves, and terminated by the fructification. See 

 Chap. IV. 



2. The Leaves, whose office is to transpire and attract, like 

 the lungs in animals, and to afford shade. See Chap. V. VI. VII. 



3. The Fulcra, props; which serve as stays to strengthen the 

 plant ; but may, however, be taken off without destroying it. 

 See Chap. VIII. 



* For figures of these, vide our Plates, attached at the end of this work. 



