CHURCH: THE BULB IN COOPERIA DRUMMONDII 357 
MAIN AXIS OF BULB 
Three leaves with closed bases (Schalen). 
Lateral axis: 
One leaf with open base (Schuppe), position problematic; 
One bract subtending flower; 
One flower (terminating lateral axis). 
Three leaves with closed bases. 
Etc. to vegetative point. 
Galanthus and Leucojum also have open-base leaves succeeded 
by a flower stalk, but their open-base leaves alternate with the 
closed-base leaves. The open leaves do not alternate with the 


Fic. 9. Diagrammatic longitudinal section of mature bulb showing the main 
axis drawn in thin lines: the flowering axis (?) in heavier lines; the section between 
the dotted lines may be seen enlarged in TEXT FIG. 6. 
closed-base leaves in either Amaryllis formosissima or Cooperia 
Drummondii, but with each other,(TEXT FIG. 7, @ and b). The 
