PLATE VI. 



A. — Crocus vernus, Willdenow : p. 4. 



1. The base of the flower-tube, laid open in the upper part, 



showing the attachment of the stamens. 



2. One of the stamens. 



3. The three-cleft stigma. 



B. — Galanthus nivalis, Linnceus: p. 3. 



1. A stamen. 



2. The pistil, showing the ovary at the base. 

 C. — Scilla verna, Hvdson : p. 20. 



1. One of the flowers, separate. 



2. A segment of the star-shaped perianth, with its stamen. 



3. The pistil. 



D^ — Hyacinthus non-scriptus, Linnceus : p. 20. 



1. Portion of a flower, showing the pistil, and the insertion 



of the stamens. 



2. A transverse section of the ovary. 



