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never developed any further ; they also are spirally 

 arranged. If we remove these, we next come to the 

 green ground-leaves of the present season (d, Fig. 54). 

 Their bases are already somewhat swollen, but not 

 nearly so much so as they become later. Eemoving 



FIG. 54. Bulb of White 

 Lily in autumn, r, 

 roots ; b, blunt bulb- 

 scales form ed from bases 

 of old ground - lea ves ; 

 a, remains of old flower- 

 ing stem ; c, pointed 

 bulb-scales of new stem; 

 d, ground-leaves of new 

 stem. 



FIG. 55. Young 

 flowering stem re- 

 moved from the 

 middle of bulb in 

 Fig. 5 4. a, surface of 

 stem ; b, undevel- 

 oped stem-leaves ; 

 c, bud from which 

 next year's bulb 

 will arise. (Both 

 after Irmisch.) 



these again, we find that they surround a large bud 

 (Fig. 55), which is the young flowering stem ready 

 to develop next summer. The leaves of this bud 

 (&, Fig. 55) are simply the future stem-leaves of the 



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