THEIR FORMS AND FUNCTIONS. 519 
axil of a leaf reduced to its stipules. Axillary buds as well as 
the resting terminal ones seem always to have their first leaf 
reduced to the stipules, which would correspond to the scales of 
winter buds in many other natural orders. 
In Piper ornatum, N. BE. Br., the stipules resemble those of 
P. longum, but are free from the petiole for the upper half of 
their length. 
In Zippelia the leaves are cordate, with amplexicaul stipules. 
In Peperomia the leaves are exstipulate ; sometimes opposite 
or whorled. 
CHLORANTHACER. 
In Chloranthus inconspicuus, Sw., the stipules are subulate, 
almost colourless, and inserted on the sheath between the petioles. 
Each young growth commences with two pairs of leaves reduced 
to a well-developed sheath and a short ovate tooth representing 
the lamina; they are exstipulate. 
MyRIstTICER. 
The Myristicex are exstipulate. 
Myristica moschata, Thunb., has the leaves alternate, distichous, 
petiolate, exstipulate, oblong, entire, glabrous, coriaceous, invo- 
lute in bud, persistent ; the petiole short, nearly terete, shallowly 
grooved on the upper face, slightly twisted, not dilated at the 
base, or sheathing. 
The terminal bud in the growing state consists of leaves 
strongly involute at the margins, slightly scurfy, and grasping 
the bud by their base in such a way that the midrib only of 
the next younger leaf is exposed. The leaves attain some length 
before unrolling, but continue to develop in size after they have 
become flat. 
The axillary buds are very small, and in many cases appear as 
scaly, scarcely elevated protuberances. Towards the apex of the 
shoots they are slightly more elevated, scaly and scurfy. 
MonIMIACE. 
This order is also exstipulate. 
In Peumus Boldus, Molina, the leaves are opposite, decussate, 
petiolate, exstipulate, oblong-ovate, entire, downy when young, 
but scabrous on both surfaces when mature, very coriaceous, 
