PITCHERS, STIPULES AND TENDRILS. 231 
e 
. The same ; one stipule reflexed, shewing the punctum, 
and, that they have no connection with the leaf. 
7. Apex of a branch ; penultimate leaf and stipules. 
8. The same; leaf removed. 
9. Ultimate leaf, and nascent stipules of the same; no 
connection or correspondence with margins. 
10. The same laterally. 
However much the stipules of Ficus may appear to repre- 
sent stipule of leaves, yet the early development bears only 
the idea suggested by the examination of the mature line of 
insertion or attachment to the stem, i. e. that they occupy 
another plane. 
In Ficus elastica, however much in those cases in which 
two gemma scales are developed, the appearances even up 
to an early period may be of stipule vere, yet their original 
inequality, and the smaller being interior to the other arguing 
a different plane of attachment, and their very distinct origi- 
nal distinctness from the petiole, with the central line of 
which, not with its margins, their anterior line of segregation 
corresponds, proves to me that they are not stipule but two 
leaves, protecting the bud. 
st. Pair expanded—stipules. . 
2nd. Leaves—stipules. 
3rd. Leaves—stipules. 
Then bilobed disc. 
The stipules of Ficus elastica are single organs, and in every 
respect as to development, analogous to leaves, being scales 
with incurved margins. 
Also the second line or suture along which they separate 
into two distinct parts, is a result of development not making 
its appearance to a rather late period. 
The midrib of the leaf is the first formed, indeed it is of 
considerable size before the lamina makes its appearance, this 
at first has the peculiar cellular grumous aspect of nascent 
cellular tissue. 
The veins are a result of ulterior development, they are 
first mere transparent lines, first appear the secondary, then 
the intra-marginal. 

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