FREAKS OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS 



stigma of a Lilium. The left-hand sketch shows the style divided 

 into three portions to the base, clearly indicating the usual trimerous 

 character of the flowers. The central sketch shows the style 

 divided only about half-way down, each branch having a stigma 

 at the apex. The drawing to the right shows a normal, undivided 

 style and stigma of the same Lilium. 



Still more curious is the state of affairs represented by Fig. 32. 

 This represents a Plantain Lily {Funkia) giving birth to three 

 young plants from one seed. As a rule, each seed contains but one 

 embryo, from which one plant only arises on germination. Some 

 plants, however, appear to develop seeds in which more than one 

 embryo is developed. I have been told that Mangolds are examples 

 of this. The sketch clearly shows how three different plants began 

 to grow, one after the other, each one springing from the same seed. 



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