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BUDS AND STIPULES 



In the allied genera, Cissus, and Ampelopsis (Vir- 

 ginian Creeper) (fig. 189), the stipules also cover their 

 own leaf-blades. 



In Buchlandia populnea(fig. 190), a Himalayan plant 



At 



Fig. 190. Shoot of Bucklandia populnea. 

 S, S, stipules ; P, petiole. 



which belongs to the Hamamelidece (the Witch Hazel 

 family), the stipules are large, oval, unequal-sided, and 

 cohere at the edges, thus forming an almond-shaped box, 

 within which the leaf is developed. The petiole elon- 



