. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. LILIALES. 459 Southern and Eastern Africa, tlie inspissated juice of wliose leaves con- stitutes tlie drug Aloes. Smilax officinalis, of South. America, and other species, furnish Sarsa. parilla Fig. 349.—Underground parts of Colchicum aittumnale at the time of flowering, ,A, front view ; k, old corm ; s', s", scales surrounding flower stalk. B, section show- ing new stem, W, with nidimetitary leaves. V, I" ; the very long tubular flowers, b, b\ spring from near the summit ot the new stem, h\ I'he following spring A' will elon- g
. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. LILIALES. 459 Southern and Eastern Africa, tlie inspissated juice of wliose leaves con- stitutes tlie drug Aloes. Smilax officinalis, of South. America, and other species, furnish Sarsa. parilla Fig. 349.—Underground parts of Colchicum aittumnale at the time of flowering, ,A, front view ; k, old corm ; s', s", scales surrounding flower stalk. B, section show- ing new stem, W, with nidimetitary leaves. V, I" ; the very long tubular flowers, b, b\ spring from near the summit ot the new stem, h\ I'he following spring A' will elon- gate and carry the fruit, and leaves l\ I", above ground ; ttie lower part of W will en large into a corm like k', while at Tc" a new plant will form as a lateral bud,—After Sachs. \ Scilla maritima ; the sliced buib of this Mediterranean sand plant is the druo- Squill. Verat'""""' album, the White Hellebore of the mountains of Central. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bessey, Charles Edwin, 1845- [from old catalog]. New York, H. Holt and company
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