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BUDS AND STIPULES 



shrub also belonging to the family of the Violets, the 

 stipules are small. 



FIG. 29. YOUNG SHOOT OP 

 HOLLY. Nat. size. 



l', I", I'", successive leaves , 

 st, tt, stipules. 



FIG. 28. SHOOT OF HYMENANTHEBA 

 CRASSIFOLIA, X 2. 



Iii other cases stipules are even more minute, as in 

 the Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) (fig. 29). Here they are 

 perhaps functionless ; the mere rudiments of once larger 

 organs. 



