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MORPHOLOGY 



turtium ( Tropceolum majus) 



w, Water coming: out of 

 water-pores. 



a petiole on either side of its insertion on the stenla 

 The stipules are of the following principal types, 

 fa: namely: (i) lateral and free, 



when they are two, one on either 

 side of the petiole and free from 

 it, as in jaba or Chinese Rose 

 (see fig. 31), tentul or Tamarind, 

 Pea, krishna-chura ; (2) lateral 

 ADNATE (fig. 44), as in Rose, 

 when the two lateral stipules 

 are adherent to the petiole by 

 their inner margins; (3) inter- 

 PETioLAR, as in kadamba, 

 rangan {Ixora) (fig. 45), when 

 Fig. 43.-Leaf of Garden Nas- the lateral stipules of opposite 

 or whorled leaves unite by their 

 outer margins, so that there is 

 a stipule alternating with the 

 leaves; (4) intra-petiolar or axillary when the 

 lateral free stipules of opposite 

 or whorled leaves unite by 

 their inner margins, so that 

 the stipules seem to be axillary, 

 as in gandharaj {Gardenia);. 

 (5) bud-scales, that is, scales 

 enclosing some leaf- buds or 

 flower - buds, as protection 

 against external injury, as in 

 Jack, Banyan, Peepul, and 

 Champa; (6) ligule, that is, 

 a membranous or hairy out- 

 growth facing the stem at the 

 junction of the blade with the 

 sheath, as in the leaves of Grasses; (7) ochrea, that 

 is, a membranous tubular sheath which arises from 



^a^ieto 



Fig. 44.— Impari-pinnate Leaf of 

 Rose with Adnate Stipules 



