428 Prnf. LiNDLEY on the Anatonni of the Roots o/Ophrydete. 



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EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. A section, highly magnified, of a fragment of the root of Suti/rhun jxil- 

 I'ldum. (/. fl. </. Cytoblasts. /y. 5. Nodules of Bassorine. c. r. (. Gra- 

 nules of starch. 

 2. A ceil, which once contained Bassorine, emptied of its contents by 

 caustic potash, and pressed flat. The circumference is irregularly 

 cracked by the pressure that has been employed, 

 o. A view of the cellular structure of the nodules, seen after being- 

 charred, and examined with a microscope magnifying 480 diameters. 

 All these figures were drawn with a camera lucida. 



