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FLOWER A SHOOT 



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The student must bear in mind, however, that sug- 

 gestive as the above illustrations are of the leaf-nature of 



Fig. 14. Inflorescence of a Rose developed from the flowering bud, 

 and showing transitions of stipular bud-scales n l , n 2 , &c., to foliage-leaves 

 I 1 , Z 2 , &C M each with its large adnate stipules b. In the floral region these 

 pass to bracts h 1 , h 2 , &e. ; and, finally, we come to the foliaceous sepals 

 (E and P). 



the floral parts, they by no means suffice by themselves 

 to prove that the flower is merely a modified or altered 

 leaf-shoot. The proof of this depends on the cumulative 



