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ON THE PROTECTION OF BUDS IN THE TROPICS. 
gum in these plants ; but on my return to England I found that 
my friend Mr. Percy Groom had already done considerable work 
on this part of the subject. I therefore gave to him the material 
necessary to finish his investigations. 
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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES XLV.-XLVIII. 
Artocarpus incisa. A, a shoot showing leaves and stipular hood (a). 
B, end of a shoot showing leaf and inflorescence (5) just emerging from 
the stipular hoods (a). 
| Artocarpus incisa. A, perfect leaf. B,C,D, leaves damaged by the 
sun when stipular hood has been removed. 
Heptapleurum. A, shoot with leaves. B, shoot showing growing- 
point protected by the stipules. C, base of petioles with stipules. 
Canarium zeylanicum. A, end of a shoot, showing protective scales. 
B, C, D, E, drawings showing the development of a leaf. 
Wormia triquetra. A, end of a shoot with young leaf enclosed in the 
stipules at a, B, young leaf just emerging from stipules. ©, young 
leaf fully emerged. D, drawing showing the stipules being cast off. 
Sarcocephalus esculentus. A, shoot with leaves and growing-point 
covered with stipules. B, growing point with one stipule removed. 
C, a stipule. 
7. Uvaria purpurea, A, front view of a shoot. B, back view of a 
shoot. 
Gossypium. A, shoot seen in an erect position. Band C, shoots, seen 
from above. 
Begonia. A, leaf. B, shoot, seen from above. C, shoot seen in a 
vertical position. 
