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than those we have named. The common fichl Lily (L. sii])cr- 

 bum) has a bulb composed of veiy thick, fleshy scales, but 

 very fragile and easily separated. The bulbs do not 

 divide as those noticed, but produce a single flower stem, 

 and a new bulb is formed at one side, Avhich in its turn 

 produces a flower stem. Fig. 8 shows one of these bulbs 



Fig. 8. 



of L. superbum ; at the left is shown the old bulb which 

 has bloomed and is decayed ; in the center is the perfect 

 bulb with flower stem of this season ; at the right, and 

 near the base of this, is the new bulb forming for the next 

 year ; thus we see that the plant actually moves in the 

 ground, the old bulb being partially absorbed by the new, 

 which in its turn produces a flower stem with flower leaves 



