BULBOUS BUTTERCUP. 



It is contrary to the best established principles of 

 philosophy, also, to maintain with Professor Agardh 

 and M. Unger, that plants, such as the changeable 

 crow-silk, are actually transformed into animals 1 . 



The following figure contains most of the external 

 parts of a plant. 



Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus Bulbosus}. a, root; b, bulb: 

 c, root leaves ; d, stem; e, stem -leaves ; /, branches; #, flower- 

 stalk ; h, flowers. 



(l) See INSECT TRANSFORMATIONS, chap, vi., where I have 

 discussed this at length. 



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