MORPHOLOGY OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



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Base of Leaf. Some of the terms used in describing the gen- 

 eral onthne, as well as the apex of the leaf, are also applied to the 



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Fig. 74. Leaves having different forms of stipules is): A, bud-scale stipules of Lirio- 

 dendroH tulipifera; B, thorny stipules and odd-pinnate compound leaf of the locust tree 

 (Robinia Pseudacacia) ; C, adnate stipules of rose; D, filiform stipules of the pear; 

 E, fringed clasping stipules (ocrea) characteristic of all of the Polygonums; F, adnate 

 stipules of clover. 



base-, as obtuse, truncate, cordate, reniform, etc. Other terms, 

 however, csjiccially apply to the base, as cune.\te or wedge- 



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