46 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS, 



It is, then, by making bulbs, etc., that so many 

 plants can manage to " adapt " themselves to endure 

 the dry season. 



FiQ. 2Z.—Aspar'agus undula'tus. Rhizome, with nodulose roots. 



Similarly, it is by " acquiring," as we say, fleshy 

 stems, as of Eu;pliorUas, or fleshy leaves, as of the 



