ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BOTANY. 



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G6. Indian Turnip. This plant may be easily met 

 with in our woods in early summer. If you are not 

 familiar with its appearance, the annexed cut (Fig. 78) 



Fig. 78. 



will help you to recognise it. Procure several speci- 

 mens ; these will probably at first >>eem to you to be 

 alike in every respect, but out of a number, some are 

 pretty sure to differ from the rest. Notice the bulb 

 from which the stem springs. It differs from that of 

 the Dog's-tooth Violet, and Lilies generally, in being a 

 solid mass.. It is called a conn. Between the pair of 



