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two outer ones, L and Z/, soon branch, the larger division 

 passing into the leaf, while the smaller one, s, supplies 

 the stipule. 



Fig. 319, representing a section of the stem of 

 Galium Aparine, shows a similar arrangement : the 



FIG. 317. LEAF or PANSY. 

 S, stipule. 



Fia. 318 TRANSVERSE SECTION OF STEM 

 OF PANSY AT A NODE, showing leaf 

 sage of vascular bundles into pas- 

 and stipules (S). 



foliar bundles, L, L, soon after leaving the central pith 

 emit branches, S, S, which supply the stipules. 



Colomb defines stipules as appendages ' inserted 

 on the stalk at the base of the leaf, the fibres of which 

 are exclusively derived from the corresponding foliar 

 bundles ' (* insere sur la tige, a la base de la feuille, et 

 dont tous les faisceaux proviennent exclusivement des 

 faisceaux foliaires correspondants '). 



