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Lanceolate, lanceolate. Viola odorata, Hippocrepis 
comosa. 
Linear, limeares. Pyrus sylvestris, Pyrus communis, 
Trifolium arvense. 
Awishape, subulate. Rubus Ideus, Lathyrus Nissolia, 
Cytisus Laburnum. 
Bristlelike, se¢acee. Populus tremula. 
Edge und incisions. 
Uncut, Stipule integre. Polygonum amphibium, La- 
thyrus aphyllus, Trifolium procumbens. 
Toothed, dentate. Mespilus digyna, Medicago poly- 
morpha, Pisum sativum, Vicia sativa. 
Pinnatifid, pinnatifide. Viola tricolor, Viola grandi- 
flora. 
Jagged, laciniate. Medicago orbicularis, Medicago 
coronata. 
Torn, lacere. Ulecebrum verticillatum, Arenaria rubra. 
Fringed, ciliate. Persicaria maculosa, Cardamine impa- 
tiens, Trifolium procumbens. 
Duration. 
Fugacious, fugaces. Falling off before the leaves. Tilia, 
Gleditsia, Ficus Carica. 
Deciduous, caduce, decidue. Falling with the leaves. 
Most plants. 
Remaining, persistentes. Remain after the falling of the 
leaves. Coccoloba pubescens. 
The stipules may also have the other characters of the 
leaves, of which they are in fact a species. 
SHEATH. 
Vagina. <A portion of certain leaves, surrounding the 
stem, and considered by some botanists as a kind of pe- 
tiole. 
Not cut, Vagina integra. Forming a perfect tube. Cy- 
peracee. 
Shit, fissa. Slit down lengthways. .Graminez. 
OcREA. 
A membranous sheath, not completely surrounding the 
stem. Polygonez. Some look upon it as a stipule. 
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