THE STEM 



anihes tuberosa,)^ are some of the familiar examples of 

 bulb. The bulblets mentioned 

 above often separate from the 



Fig. 21. — Onion or Pianj (Bulb) 



Fig-. 22. — Agave {Cantula), 

 a kind of murga 



b. Bulbil. 



parent bulb, and give rise to new plants, which pro- 

 duce new bulbs. Underground stems are more 



Fig-. 23. — Globba bulbifera 



f. Flowers, h, Bulbils from flower-buds, b', A 

 bulbil enlarged; 



Fig. 24. — Dioscorea bulbifera 

 (Chuprhi-aloo) 



b, BulbiL 



