THE ROOT. 
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Spindle-shaped, or Fu'siform (Fig. 12G).—En¬ 
larged in the middle, and tapering toward the ends; 
and 
Turnip-sharped, or Na'piform (Fig. 127).—Plants 
with such tap-roots as these have very short stems, 
made up of nodes alone. (See Fig. 100.) 
Some of the most common forms of fibrous roots 
are here shown. 
In Monh/iform Roots (Fig. 128) some of the 
Fig. 128. 
Fig. 129. 
Moniliform Root. 
fibers have numerous small swellings, that succeed 
each other so as to look like a string of beads. 
In Fasciculated Roots (Fig. 129) the fibers be¬ 
come swollen along their length, and look like a 
bundle of fusiform roots. 
When some of the rootlets of fibrous roots become 
