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q . ee 
ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SUB- 
TERRANEAN PARTS OF LATHRAA SQUAMARIA L. 
By Grorce Masser, F.R.M.S. 
(Prate 269). 
not roots, as stated by previous writers. ‘‘ It will not, I think, b 
contended that they absorb moisture rather than air ; and as this 
forms the grand distinction between roots and leaves, I trust I have 
satisfactorily proved them to be the latter.”+ The very large 
starch grains appear to have puzzled the author, who describes 
them as ‘perfectly transparent bladders,” tried many curious 
experiments with them, and adds that similar bodies are met with 
in the bulbs of Liliwn candidum and Narcissus. 
In later times the structure and functions of the scale-leayes 
s 
some of the Yorkshire hazel coppices. 
ia, and the Peculiar 
* “On the Parasitical Connection of Lathrea Squamar i 
Structure of its Subterranean Leaves.’’ Journ. Linn. Trans. Vol. XV1., p- 
+t Loe. cit. : Ba { Lathrea Squamaria.” 
t‘‘Onthe Structure and Fun 
Journ. R. M. §., Oct. 1880 (1 pl.). 
Journat or Borany.—Vow. 24. [Sxpr., 1886.] 
