428 Prof. LiNDLEY on the Anatomy of the Roots of Ophrydese. 



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EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 



Fig. 1 . A section, highly magnified, of a fragment of the root of Satyrium pal- 

 lidum, a. a. a. Cytoblasts. h. h. Nodules of Bassorine. c. c. c. Gra- 

 nules of starch. 



2. A cell, 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. 



3. 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. 



