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there are many plants in which the stems have assumed the form of 

 leaves. One of thft best-known examples is the Common Butcher's Broom 



Fig. 28. Plants with Leaf-like Branches 



1, Young shoot of Rugcus Hypoglossum. 2, The same branch fully grown with flowers on the cladodes. 

 3, Young shoot of Jiuscun aculeatua. 4, The same branch with flowers on the cladodes. 



(Ruscus aculeatus); others are Ruscus Hypoglossum (fig. 28) and the 

 Alexandrian Laurel (Dancea Laurus or Ruscus racemosus). These plants, 

 being apparently unable to develop true leaves, have modified some of their 



