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BUDS AND STIPULES 



In the allied genera, Gissus, and Ampelopsis (Vir- 

 ginian Creeper) (fig. 1 89), the stipules also cover their 

 own leaf-blades. 



In Bucklandiapopulnea(fig. 190), a Himalayan plant 



FIG. 190. SHOOT OF BUCKLANDIA POPULNEA. 

 S, S, stipules ; P, petiole. 



which belongs to the Hamamelidecs (the Witch Hazel 

 family), the stipules are large, oval, unequal-sided, and 

 cohere at the edges, thus forming an almond-shaped box, 

 within which the leaf is developed. The petiole elon- 



