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BUDS AND STIPULES 



stituting a separate family), but also in most of the 

 Polycarpete ; and among the Myrtacece in Calytlirix, 

 Couroupita, and perhaps in some other genera. 



Among other families some genera of which have 

 stipules, while others are exstipulate, may be mentioned 



Fig. 47. End of Shoot of 

 Hop, x 3, showing connate 

 stipules (St). 



Fig. 48. End of Shoot of Hop. 

 Nat. size. 

 St, connate stipules folded back to show the 

 pair of leaves (l) to which they belong ; 

 b, axillary buds ; St 2 , next higher pair of 

 stipules, overlapping by their edges along 

 the median line of the axis, and with 

 the next higher pair (St 3 ) covering the 

 terminal bud. 



the Onagrariece, Saxifragece, Gercmiacete, Leguminosce, 

 Sapindaeece, and Etqthorbiacece. Moreover, as pointed 

 out in the above passage from Vaucher, there are even 

 certain genera and in addition to Helianihemnm I 



