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also of the upper foliage-leaves, and of the bracteoles of the 

 inflorescence (Fig. C). Often bulbils are produced so abundantly 

 that the terminal flower on the main axis may be the only one 



Fig. 6. Saxifraga cernua. 



A, Basal part of a plant, about nat. size. Decayed remains of leaves on the rhizome 

 among the fresh bulbs (northernmost Norway; Aug., 1883). B, A scale-leaf from the rhi- 

 zome, mag. C, A branch of an inflorescence, about 2/1; in the axils of its two upper- 

 most bracteoles are bulbils (Norway: Finmark; July 7, 188.5; E. W.). D, In the axil of a 

 bract (a) are numerous small bulbils which belong to several generations; in the axil of 

 m is a bulbil the first leaf of which is marked a; 1 and 2, its first two larger scale- 

 leaves (West Greenland). E, Rhizome from Ea.st Greenland (Scoresby Sound ; Aug. 31, 

 1891 ; N. Hartz) ; о dead and b living scale-leaves. F, A bulbil from the axil of one of the 

 leaves on the rhizome. (E. W.) 



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