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BUDS AND STIPULES 



shrub also belonging to the family of the Violets, the 

 stipules are small. 



Fig. 29. -Young Shoot of 

 Holly. Nat. size. 



l', I", l'", successive leave- ; 

 st, st, stipule.-:. 



Fig. 28. Shoot of Hymenanthera 

 crassifolia, x 2. 



In other cases stipules are even more minute, as in 

 the Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) (fig. 29). Here they are 

 perhaps functionless ; the mere rudiments of once larger 

 organs. 



