ON THE FORMS OK STIPULES 



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In LaihyruB latifolius (fig. 300) the upper linib of 

 the stipule also protects the younger leaves, which, how- 

 have only one pair of leaflets, and not, therefore, 



ever 



Fig. 300. 



Fig. 301. 



Stipules of Lathyrus latifolius. One-and-a-half nat. size. 



The lower stipule (.</) in fi-,\ 300 has been removed in Jilt. 801, exposing the 

 whole of the stipule (s(') of the next higher leaf. 



occupying so much room, do not require such wide stip- 

 ules. The stalk, however, being very wide, is not en- 

 tirely covered by the sheathing stipule. Consequently 



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