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BUDS AND STIPULES 



triangular, obtuse, pale green, 1*5-2 mm. long; collec- 

 tively they form a whorl, covering all but the extreme 

 apex of the bud. (See also 14.) 



In Spergularia rubra (fig. 135) the leaves are opposite, 

 long, narrow, fleshy, and somewhat flattened above. The 



Fig. 131 Fig. 132 



guaiacum officinale. 



Fig. 131. Terminal shoot, nat. size ; n, node ; st', connate stipules ; */", connate 



stipules covering the terminal bud. 

 Fig. 132. Terminal shoot with lamina of leaves removed, x 2 ; st' st", stipules as in 

 fig. 131; b, lateral bud. 



stipules 1 are scarious, inserted at the node just be- 

 neath the leaves, so that they pass round the back of 

 the latter, completely enclosing them in bud, and 

 covering their bases even when fully developed. This is 

 a most unusual arrangement. The stipules are also 

 1 See Dickson, Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 316. 



