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BUDS AND STIPULES 



tect the terminal and axillary buds, the latter being 

 very freely produced. 



The stipules in this case may be compared to the 



Fig. 134. Alstonia scholaris. Terminal Fig. 135. Spergularia 

 whorl of leaves to show ligules cover- rubra, x 3. 



ing the bud. Reduced about one-half. 8, stipule ; L, leaf. 



ocreas or sheathing and scarious stipules of the Poly- 

 gonacece. The stipules of the latter are, however, 



