Xli EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



coat of the old bulb d.; e. e. e. e. e. roots of the recent bulbs 

 protruded between them and the old bulb; /. a young 

 bulb appended by a runner, (p. 167, 168). 



Fig. 8. Bulbs of Colchicum autumnale decorticated ; a. b. the new 

 bulbs ; c. c. a flattened process on each ; d. the old or pa- 

 rent bulb shrivelled up ; e. the remains of its radical plate ; 

 /. the remains of its flattened process. 



9. Another view of figure 8. (p. 170, 178). 



10. Section of fig. 8 ; a. the old bulb ; b. c. the new bulbs 

 (no lines should have been drawn from these letters) ; d. d, 

 the opaque portion of the new bulb ; e. e. semi-trans- 

 parent portion ; /. g. points of conjunction of the old and 

 the new bulbs h. h. herbage of the present season, (p, 

 170, 178). 



PLATE II. 



1. Entire bulb of Lilium candidum. (p. 173). 



2. Transverse slice of one of the scales of the bulb, fig. 1. to 



display the vascular bundles. 



3. A. the bulb, fig. 1. denuded of its scales, to show the young 



bulb : . the stem of the present year's flower; b. the young 

 bulb; *c. c. fragments of the scales of the parent bulb; 

 d. d. d. d. roots of the parent bulb ; e. e. remains of those 

 of last year's bulb. B. Section of A.: a the remains of 

 the caudex of last year's bulb ; b. caudex of this year's 

 bulb. (p. 175). 



4. Bulbs of Lilium superbum: a. the bulb of the present year ; 



b. that of last year ; c. the remains of that of the year be- 

 fore last ; d. the embryo of next year's bulb ; e. e. e. e. roots 

 of the bulb; /./. roots of the stem. (p. 175.) 



5. The bulb, fig. 4, denuded of its scales : a. the caudex of the 



present year's bulb ; b. succulent .runner bearing the em- 

 bryon bulb ; c. d. old decaying bulbs ; e. base of the stem 

 of this year's herbage;/./, roots of this year's bulb. (p. 

 175). 



6. Section of fig. 4.: . the caudex of this year's bulb; b. 



