-.is nothing ol tl 

 ih. i 



istinguishable in habit, 



t.> an MM Oil 



npon which tl Iligible it 



apparent I- .. \ v ~ of Stellates to be in part ti 

 this \. 1 1 ..I but not real distinction then 

 it : [f a pari of the leavi 



■ tain proportion to the true : 

 will have i«.. Btipules, and consequently i 

 \, and in all cases the number mum 

 of Galium in D l 

 tin- frequent tendency in the whoi l 



in.- an incontrovertibli 

 leaves ami not a modification 



iitir.lv tli.- same a- wh il M.I' 

 ii. • difference whatevi r can i 

 d< ••• of development 



anists, who wiil> 01 

 Candolle ; and reci utly the qu< stion 

 most distinguished writers of this ci 



Mr. Bentham, in an articl i Cm 



entering at some length and with 

 mi both sides of the qui 



I ..(' tli.- apparent 

 In- lias arrived at this conclusion a: 



1. That tin- foliac 

 do n.. i I., ar that relation to the i 

 that the relatii 



jtipuli -. 

 the apparent 

 t.. thi& i 



.. That in a nut 

 r than tl. 

 That in S| ■ 

 with th into a si ! that till 



-I. i number of parts r,-, ■ 



hut that, taking two .■!' tin- part - 



part- th. 



e ..i Spermac muni., r of wliich 



Perhaps this question i* more important it 



respects i; i- a mere diffi i 



leaves developed stipules. It is, however, i 



interest, especially as regards 



present opportunity .>: I 



line of .■ . and wbj I -till retain nn 



1. With regard to the 



i observed, that if those ;'..li 



to be leaves in Stellates, and Uie rest >ti| i 



plant- have do leavi -. but Btipul 

 posite the an 



N. r do I find that the nun a in the si 



com sponds « ith the numbi r of tl 



« here the whorls often cons 



can it be admitti -1 that which d 



therefore not U a\. -. All 



| ss that power or not, aci oi I 



require particular proof, i De ( 



for in Asperula the uppermost branches, 



alternately with the leaves that form tl 



quently must, in such 



more probable that the devi lopn ■ 



is connected with the form of thi - 



Bach other. If the form 

 triplet of opposite 1 ram ties, tl 



will settle the origin of all that - : 



