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Show BookII. The Anatomy 60 ; er j to the durae Stalk, alfe Defcends 5 and fo, according or longer Root; the Re a +“ - Subftance, becomes a fhorter off, by the fame Degrees wit Rotting thereof, Portion Lower or So in Brownwort, the the Generation of the Upper, out of the Stalk, Ground, till it lies under Bajis of the stalk finking down by degrees, {till to fink, becomes the upper part of the Root; and continuing the lower Part ; and the next after that, rots the next year, becomes out of the ane oe away 5 anew Addition being ftill yearly made like, and the , the elder Parts yearly rot away. So in Dragon, Crocus, ty 3 ; ee 0 Bafis the 5 double is where the Root at the and t; Lower-Roo the that, after 5 becomes the Upper-Root : ies and is confum'd. evidently, from acne “i: The Demonftration hereof, is taken, more Knobed Roots fome Roots, than from others; as from the Level and off abs &7. fT 5 th Fthe Stalk, this year ; the next rotting Tab. 5+ F's of Wood-forrel, Primrofe, &c. For the Leaves of thofe Plants into the facceflively, and the Ba/és of thofe Leaves gradually defcending and fo sie Sap, Ground; each Bafis is thus nourifhed with a more copious in {welled into fo many thick Kvots. It may likewife be gather'd Root, fome, from thelike Pofitionofthe Vefels or Woody Parts, in the asin the Truvks as in Bares-foot, As alfo, from the Root of the Iris Tab. 5+ f 4 Tyberofa: where, although the Leaves fall off clofe to the Surface of ih 2 ReRK ry ales Ww the Stalks yet after that is funk down, and fwell’d into a Root, the Seats of the perifhed Leaves, and the Ends of the Veffels belonging to them, are not obfcurely vifible; whereby the Root is wrought, as it BookII. of Roots. Jum, Fernfalem Artichoke, Potato, Dog-ftones, Monks-hood, little Celan. dine, and others. In which Plants, one or more of their Roots ate firm, the other fpongy and fuperannuated.; and partly, by the ravine of the Trunk, and other younger Roofs, reduced to a Confumption and Death. 17. §. With thefe,Tips,and other Bulbons-Roots confort : For the {everal Rindes & shells,whereofchiefly,the Bulb confifts,fucceflively perith and fhrink up into fo many thin and dry Skéws: betwixt which,and in their Centre, other Leaves and Shells, being fucceflively formed, the Bulb is thus perpetuated. In the fame manner the String- Roots alfo facceed one another annually. So that at the end ofdivets Years, although it be ftill looked upon as the fame Individual Root, yet it is, in truth, Another, as to every particle thereof. 18. §. Laftly, many other Roots are perpetuated by the afurefaid Defcent of the Truzk; out ofwhich, it is {till annually Repaired, as by the gradual perifhing of its lower parts, it is Diminifhed ; as hath been faid. Whence alfo we fee the reafon of the Rugged and Blunt ¢.;, extremities of thefe, and fome other Roots, as of that Plant fuperftiti- 5 f % oufly called Devils-bit: becaufe the end of it ems to be bitten off, Yet doth it not appear fo originally ; but the Lowerpart thereof rotting off, as the Upper defcends; the living remainder, becometh ftumped, or feemeth Bitten. Thus far of the Original, Shapes, Motions, and Ages ofRoots. were, with feveral Seames and Prickt- Lines; the Seams fhewing the fetting on of the Leaves 5 and the Pricks, the Terminations or broken Ends of the Vefels: which ends, are {till more apparent, upon the {tripping off the Bargue. Iconfidered likewife, That as among Ani- CHAP. IL. are Transformed, one Avimal into another : So, it is more than probable, That among Plants, there are not a few Inftances of the like Of the SKIN. mals, there are many, which are not Bred of Eggs, immediately 5 but Transformations 5 whereof, this is one. ck 15. §. The Gaufe of this Defcent, fo far as it 1s dependent on the Inward Conformation of the Root, I fhall fhew in the following But the Immediate Vifible one, are the String-Roots, which § NEXT proceed to the feveral Parts whereof a Root ts Compounded. The outer Part ofall is the ter them. Hence the Tuberous-Roots ofIris upon the rotting or fading Skins which iscommon to all Roots. Tis diverfly Coloured: Whiter in Skrrets; Yellow, in Docks Red, in Potato; Brown, in Lovage; Black, in By- Wart. this kind of Trunks frequently put forth: which, defcending them{elves direétly into the Ground, like fo many Ropes, lug the Trunkaf- awayof the Strivg-Roots hanging atthem, fometimesa little Re-afcend. Hence alfo the Shape of fome Roots isInverted: For whereas moft are parted downwards, into feveral Legs fome are parted upwards into divers Necks, as Dandelyon, and others. For thefe Roots fending forth at the top feveral Tru#k: Buds, the faid Buds fucceffively put forth new, and caft their old Leaves; and continually alfo making their Defcent, are at length formed into fomany Necks, of three, four, five, ormore Inches long, under Ground, 16. §. HENCE ALfo we underftand, in what particular way, fome Roots become Perennial. Some are wholly fo, as thofe of Trees, Shrubs, and divers other woody Plats. Others, in part, Or by a new Progenies of Roots, from the old Head or Body, in the room of thofe that die yearly, or after a certain Time as of Lilinws non a “UM, SS ofthe feveral QZ glofs. Mts Surface, fometimes Smooth, as in Hor/339 radifh; Rough, asin Scorzonera. And the Skins Shells of a Tulip-Root, taken up frefh; look as if they were perforated with a great manyfmallholes. "Tis of various Size; very Thin, in Par/nep 5 fomewhat Thick, in Buglofs; very Thickin Iris. Sometimes it is Opacous, as in Thiféle 5 and fometimes Tranfparent, as in Madder. 2. §. Every Root hath fucceflively two kinds of Sins: the one; Coétaneous with the other Parts; and hath its original from thae which involveth the Parts of the Seed it felf. The other, Poftnate, fucceeding in the room of the former, asthe Root ageth and is orinated from the Bark. Soin Dandeljon, the old Shin, looked upon about the beginning of May; feems to have been one of thofe feveral Ring |