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BUDS AND STIPULES 



triangular, obtuse, pale green, l'5-2 mm. long; collec- 

 tively they form a whorl, covering all but the extreme 

 apex of the bud. (See also 14.) 



In Spergularia rubra (fig. 135) the leaves are opposite, 

 long, narrow, fleshy, and somewhat flattened above. The 



-St. 



FIG. 132 



FIG. 131 



GUAIACUM OFFICINALE. 

 FIG. 131. Terminal shoot, nat. size ; n, node ; st', connate stipules ; st", connate 



stipules covering the terminal bud. 



FIG. 132. Terminal shoot with lamina of leaves removed, x 2 ; st' st", stipules as in 

 fig. 131 ; b, lateral bud. 



stipules 1 are scarious, inserted at the node just be- 

 neath the leaves, so that they pass round the back of 

 the latter, completely enclosing them in bud, and 

 covering their bases even when fully developed. This is 

 a most unusual arrangement. The stipules are also 

 1 See Dickson, Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 316. 



