gradually attains a size of six inches, and the terminal ones even 

 a foot and a half, when the whole dies down to the ground, the 

 tuber remaining dormant throughout the winter. 



Tig. 1. Tuber and base of peduncle. 2. Spatha and spadix :— both of nat. 

 she. o and 4. Ovaries. 5. Longitudiual section of ditto. 6. Stamen. 7. 

 Transverse section of ditto -.—all magnified. A reduced sketch of the leaf is seen 

 on the right of the Plate. 



