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CHAPTER XVll. 



OF THE SEVERAL KIXDS OF TVLCTxA, OR 

 APPEXDAGES TO A PLANT. 



J. HE word Fiilr}-uni, whose proper mean- 

 ing is a prop or support, has been appUed 

 by Linnaeus not only to those organs of 

 vegetables correetly so denomniated, such 

 as tendrils, but also to various other appen- 

 dages to. the herbage of a plant, none of 

 which are universal, or essential, nor is 

 there any one plant ilirnished 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 fmd it necessary to enlarge thai 

 number. 



1. Slipu/a. The Stipula, a leafy appendage 

 to the proper leaves or to their footstalks. 



