FREAKS OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS 



*Calliphruria. 

 *Callipsyche. 

 *Calostemma. 



Canna. 

 *Chlidantkus. 



Olivia. 



Colocasia. 

 *Cooperia. 

 *Crinum. 



Curculigo. 



Curcuma. 

 *Cyanella. 



Cyclamen. 



Cypella. 



Cyphia. 

 *Cyrtanthus. 



Datura. 



Daubenya. 



Dichopogon. 



Dioscorea. 

 *Dipcadi. 



Dipladenia. 



Dracontium. 

 *Drimia. 

 *Drimiopsis. 



Eichhornia. 

 *Elisena. 



Eranthemum. 



Eriospermum. 

 *Eucharis. 

 *Eucrosia. 



*Eurycles. 



Eustephia. 

 *Freesia. 

 *Geissorhiza. 



Gesnera. 

 *Gethyllis. 



Globba. 



Gloriosa. 



Gloxinera. 



Gloxinia. 



Gonioscypha. 

 *Griffinia. 

 *Hsemanthus. 



Hsemodorum. 



Hedychium 

 *Herbertia. 

 *Herreria. 



Hesperantha. 

 *Hessea. 

 *Hippeastrum. 

 *Homeria. 

 *Hymenocallis. 

 *Hypoxis. 



Icacina. 



Ipomaea. 

 *Ixiolirion. 

 *Lachenalia. 

 *Littonia. 



Maranta. 

 *Marica. 

 *Massonia. 



*Melasphserula. 



Monochilus. 



Nelumbium. 

 *Nerine. 



Niphaea. 



Nymphaea. 



Oxalis. 

 *Pancratium. 

 *Phaedranassa. 

 *Placea. 

 *Plagiolirion. 

 *Polianthes. 



Eichardia. 

 *Rigidella. 



Sagittaria. 



Sandersonia. 



Sauromatum. 



Sinningia. 

 *Sprekelia. 

 *Stenomesson. 

 *Strumaria. 

 *Syringodea. 



Testudinaria. 

 *Tulbaghia. 

 *Urceocharis. 

 *Urceolina. 

 *Urginea. 

 *Vallota. 



Wurmbea. 



Xanthosoma. 



Zingiber. 



FREAKS OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS 

 PLANTS 



From time to time growers of bulbous and tuberous plants meet 

 with specimens in their collections that exhibit some abnormal 

 feature. The science of these departures from the normal has been 

 called " teratology," and scientific men have been frequently puzzled 

 as to the causes that give rise to these peculiarities or monstrosities. 

 They are much more frequent probably than botanists are aware, 

 and there is scarcely a season passes that one may not see some 

 unusual development in nurseries and large establishments where 

 hundreds and thousands of a particular kind of plant are grown. 

 Of course, bulbous and tuberous plants are not the only ones that 



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