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drawing-room botany.

Plate 2.

Fig. 7. The premorse root of the Veratrum luteum. A
the abrupt extremity. B the radicles. C some of the leaves.

Fig. 8. A A the fusiform root of the wild carrot (Daucus
carota). B B the part from which the stem emanates.

Fig. 9. The root of the tuberous moschatel (Adoxa mos-
chatellina). A a shoot from the root. B a continuation of
the same, but detached.

Fig. 10. A A the stem of the creeping crowfoot (Banun-
culus repens). B B the radicles proceeding from the base of
the leaf-stalks.

Fig. 11. The horizontal root of the May-apple (Podo-
'phyllum peltatuni), a North American plant. A the stem
ascending. B B b b the root creeping horizontally. C C C
the radicle.