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BUDS AND STIPULES 



In these cases the overarching tissue belongs entirely 

 to the petiole. In others the stem also projects out- 

 wards, and thus makes the protection more complete. 



i.r, a.r, axis 



Fig. 114. Citharexylum quadkangulare. Nat. size. 



of shoot with portions of a pair of leaves : * a, articulation of r he 

 . _-., I, I, to the persistent sheathing pedestals, one of winch, p, is slightly opened 

 to show the axillary bud it covers. 



In Kalmia latifolia, for instance (figs. 116-119), 

 the axis of every shoot produces an outgrowth opposite 

 the dilated portion of the petiole. 



