13-1 OF THE STIPE. 



7. Stipes, Stipe*, is the stem of a frond, 

 which in ferns is commonly scaly. See 

 the plates cited in the last section. The 

 tenii is likewise applied to the stalk oF a 

 Funaus, as the Common Mushroom, 

 Agariciis cajnpestris, Sowerhys Fwigiy 

 t. 305. 



* Martyn, Language of Botany. 



