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CHAPTER XVII. 



Or THE SEVERAL KINDS OF FULCRA, OR 

 APPENDAGES TO A PLANT. 



The word Fulcrum, whose proper mean^ 

 ing is a prop or support, has been applied 

 by Linnaeus not only to those organs of 

 vegetables correctly so denominated, such 

 as tendrils, but also to various other appenr 

 dages to the herbage of a plant, none of 

 which are universal, or essential, nor is 

 there any one plant furnished with them 

 all. I prefer the English term Appendages 

 for these organs in general, to Props, because 

 the latter applies only to one of them. Seven 

 kinds of these are distinguished by Linnaeus, 

 nor do I find it necessary to enlarge that 

 number. 



1. Stipula. The Stipula, a leafy appendage 

 to the proper leaves or to their footstalks, 



