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which they are copied are all in my own herbarium. I am perfectly 

 certain (from the fruit, leaves and other characters) that these tubers 

 really belong to the respective species to which they are assigned in 



CE . peucedanifolia, Sm. 



the cuts. Being copied from dried 

 specimens, they are probably rather 

 thinner, and of course more distorted, 

 than would be the case in fresh ex- 

 amples ; but the process of desicca- 

 tion could never thus convert the 

 tubers of one, into almost precise si- 

 militudes of the tubers of another 

 species : it is Nature who does that 

 part of the business. 



The two tubers of Lachenalii, 

 which are represented as attached 

 to the base of a stem, are copied 

 from one of the Basle specimens 

 belonging to the Botanical Society 

 of London. The others are all from 

 British specimens in my own herba- 

 rium. Nobody can deny that those 

 two tubers are more like Mr. Lees' 

 figure of peucedanifolia, than his 

 figure of Lachenalii. Several of the 

 Basle specimens, however, had roots 

 quite long and slender. The carrot-like tuber of pimpinelloides is 

 the root of a young plant ; the rest are from specimens in flower or 



Qi. Lachenalii, Gmel. 



