Fig. 55. Fig. 8. Irregular root mass.

... we have a very irregular mass not at all resembling the one straight, little, wild root planted. Fig. 8 is a medium-sized root of this sort, weighing, green, six ounces.

This image is from Golden Seal Cultivation in Harding's Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants, 1936.

Fig. 55. Fig. 8. Irregular root mass.