THE RADICATIQN OF PLANTS. U3 



CHAP. XII. 



OF RADICATION. 



BY Radication is meant the disposition of the root of the 

 plant, which is to be considered in respect to the ascending cau- 

 dex and the radicles, as has been shown in Chap. II. where the 

 principal characters of roots have been explained. Roots are 

 farther distinguished into, 



I. Bulbose, consisting of a bulb ; and these are either, 



1. Squamose, scaly, as in Lilium. 



2. Tunicate, coated, as in Cepa. 



3. Duflicate, double, as in Fritillaria; or, 



4. Solid, as in Tulipa. 



II. Tuberose, knobbed ; and these are either, 

 J., Palm ate, handed, as in Orchis. 



2. Fasciculate, bundled, as in P;eonia ; or 



$. Pendulous, hanging, as in Filipendula and El;eagnus, 



III. Articulate, jointed, as in Lathr;ea, . . .Ox alis, . .. Marty- 

 NiA,...and Dentaria. 



IV. Fusiform, spindle-shaped, as in Pastinaca,...Daucus,... 

 and Raphanus. 



V. Globose, globe-shaped, as in Bunium, and in some species 

 of Ranunculus and Chterophyllum. 



