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BUDS AND STIPULES 



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FIG. 38. MAGNOLIA UMBRELLA, showing disarticulation of the leaf- 

 stalk above the stipules, which are wrapped round the terminal bud. 

 Before and after the fall of the leaf. 



p, pedestal or persistent base of petiole. 



FIG. 39. 



FIG. 40. 



PORTION OF SHOOT OF ASTRAGALUS CHINENSIS, showing stipules (8t) 

 connate at the base. Nat. size. 



FIG. 39. Front view. FIG. 40. Side view. Two leaflets of the compound leaf 

 are shown. 



