ON THE PROTECTION OF BUDS 



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to be the function which stipules most frequently per- 

 form. See, for instance, Plates I., III., IV. 



As a general rule such stipules fall with the leaf to 



Fig. 126. Young Shoot of Virginian Ckeepek, x-2. 

 st, stipule ; /, tendril. 



which they belong. In some cases, however, as in Pette- 

 ria (figs. 129, 130), they persist, and thus form a more 

 effective, or at least more permanent, protection to the 



young bud. 



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