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NATURAL HISTORY. 33x 
: BULBOUS ROOTS 
- {among which are the fnow drop, hyacinth and tulip) 
are either folid, as the urnip ; coated’ as the onion; 
— ‘Gealed, asthe d:Zy; double, as the orcdts; or clu! 
tered, asthe white faxifrage. 
TUBEROUS ROOTS 
are com need of many flefhy tubers, as the garde® 
us; and either adhere clofely to the ftalk, 
or arefufpended from it by threads. 
—SohoNETETEH oH — 
Il. TRUNCUS.—TRUNK, 
Ry SES immediately from the root, and fuftains the 
branches. ‘This part is called a trunk in trees, anda 
talkin plants. | 
- Stalks are either fimple, or compound. 
A SIMPLE STALK | | 
grows from the root tothe top, as the fun flower; 
and is diftinguifhed by its either being naked, leafy, 
upright (as the lark’s fpur) oblique, twining, pliant, 
reclining, lying on the ground (as the nafturtium) 
creeping (as the panfy) having roots as long as itfelf ; 
living feveral years, or only one year ; being woody, 
fhrubby, cylindrical in form (as the ftar flower) hav-- 
ing two, three, or more angles ; and being ftreaked, 
furrowed, or channeled, fmooth, rough, (as the after) 
hairy, or prickly (as the rofe.) wes 
A BRANCHING STALK 
is one that fhoots lateral braaches, as it afcends; as 
the, wall Howers ; and is diftinguifhed by the branches 
being either irregular, large, numerous (4s the prony) 
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