Chap. IV. 



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Various authors (Palm, p. 55 ; Mohl, p. 45 ; Lindley, 

 &c.) believe that the tendrils of the vine are modified 

 flower-peduncles. I here give a drawing (fig. 10) of 

 the ordinary state of a young flower-stalk : it consists 



Fig. 10. 

 Flower-stalk of the Vine. 



A. Common Peduncle. 



B. Flower-tendril, with a scale at its base. 



C. Sub-Peduncle, bearing the flower-buds. 



D. Petiole of the opposite leaf. 



of the " common peduncle " (A) ; of the " flower- 

 tendril " (B), which is represented as having caught a 

 twig ; and of the " sub-peduncle " (C) bearing the 

 flower-buds. The whole moves spontaneously, like a 

 true tendril, but in a less degree; the movement; 



