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3. §. As alfo, That ina Bud, the Ligwous Part is fpread abroad, 
fo asto encompafs a Pith. Whereasin a Trawk-Root, it makesa {o. 
lid Thred ftanding in the Center. Which is the Caufé of its defcend« 
ing into the Ground: as is already, in the Firf? ook, and thall in 
This be further fhewed. 
4. §. ROOTS are generally diftinguifhed, as to their Figures, 
in being more Entrie, as is that of Eiquiri(hs or Parted, as of St, Fohus- 
wort. Parted or Forked, either at the Bottom, as moft Roots 5 Orat 
the Top, as Dandelyon, and fome others. A thing very odd, and un- 
intelligible, without the knowledge of the Motzovs of Roots ; whereof 
refently. y 
. 5. he Parted, again, are either Ramified, as that of Cumfry 5 or 
Manifold, as of Crowfoot: both até Parted ; but the former, by the 
fubdivifion of greater Branches, into lefler 5 thefe, when divers Strings, 
have all their diftin& original from one Head. Some are Straight, asa 
Radifh 5 others Crooked, as Biftort. Smooth, as Buglofs 5 or Stringy 
all round about, as Columbine. And to Carnations, this feems to be 
eculiar, That fometimes many of the Strings run parallell with the 
Wood of the great Root, through the Bargne, or betwixt the Wood and 
the Barque. 
6. g. Again, fome are Thick, as Réubarb; Slender, as the Vize. 
Long, as Fenil; Short, asa Turnep: which are diftin& from Great and 
Little 5 in that thefe, are fo called with refpect to feveral Roots 5 thofe, 
with refpett to the feveral Dimenfions of one. Short, are Stubbed, as 
Iris tuberofas or Round,as Dracoutivm, Round are Tuberous,or Simply 
Knobbed, as Repe-Crowfoct 5 Bulbous, that is Scaled, as fome Lilyss or 
Shell'd, as anOzion. Where note, That all Bulbous Roots, are, as it 
were, Hermaphrodites, or Root and Trunk both together: for the 
Strings only, are abfolute Roots 5 the Bulb, a@ually containing thofe 
Parts, which fpringing up, make the Leaves or Body; and is, asit were, 
a Great Bud under ground. 
7. §. Roots, again, are Even or Uneven; Even, are Cylindrical, 
as Eryngo 5 or Pyramidal, as Borage. Growing fmaller Downwards, 
as do moft ; or Upwards, as skirrets. Uneven, are Pitted, as Potato’s, 
where the Eyes or Buds of the future Trunks lie inward 3 or Knotted, 
as Ferufalem-Artichoke ; where they ftandout. Thefe Differences, are 
alfo Compounded: fo fome Roots are both Entire and Smooth, as 
Peony 5 others Entire, but Stringy, as Clary: that is, neither Ramifid, 
nor yet Brufhy, or divided at the Top into feverall {mall Strings; buta 
Single Root furrounded with many Hairy Threds. Some both Plain in 
fome parts, and Knobbed in others, as F ilipendula, Lilium non bulbofum, 
and others. 
8. §. Some alfo have two or more Roots 5 and thofe of one Kind : 
of which, fome are diftin@ly faftend tothe bottome of the Stalk, asin 
Dogftowes ; {ome ftand one under another, fo as only the uppermoft is 
faften’d to the Stalk, as in Dragon, Crocus, and others. And there are 
fome, which have not only two Roots, at the fame time 5 but thofeal- 
fo of two diftin& Kinds, as in Biftort s one of them, a flender ftrait 
Cylindrick and horizontall Root; the other large and crooked, and 
bred of the Defcending Trunks as in {peaking next of the Motions of 
Roots, will be underftood, how. All which, with other Differences 
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