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PLATE LEGENDS. 

 e = elaioplast; n = nucleus; I - leucoplast; c = cytoplasm; £ = oj.i drop. 



PLATE XIII. 

 Eig, 1-2, Epidermal cells of the perianth of Polianthes tuberosa Linn, 

 " 1. Elaioplast in adult stage stained with Sudan III. 

 " 2, Elaioplast passively divided. 

 " 3. An epideimal cell of a scale of the bulb of Hippeastrum 



vittatum Herb, e_ = elaioplast in adult stage stained with 

 Sudan III, 



e_ - old elaioplast of which the oily 

 substance has disappeared, 



e^ r the proteinaceous substance begins to 

 dissolve. 

 " U,5,S. Hippeastrum vittatum Herb. 5» Elaioplast in adult stage. 

 4, S. Elaioplasts in degeneration colored with acid 

 fuchsine (the material was fixed in absolute alcohol con- 

 taining 5 per cent of acetic acid) . 

 " /. 7, Hippeaaifraam reticulatian Herb. Elaioplast in the adult stage 

 treated vi/ith absolute alcohol rand then stained with acid 

 fuchsine. 

 " 6,9, Special body found in dormant bulbs of Hippeastrum aulicum 



Herb, c - central part; b r peripheral part; a - colorless 

 halo; d r central part with large-vacuole. 

 " 10. Epidermal cells of the perianth of Yiicca filamentosa Linn. 

 Elaioplasts colored with Sudan III. 



