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MORPHOLOGY 



matar (Lathyrus Aphaca) are whole leaves modified 

 (fig. 59); those of kumarika {Smilax macrophylla) 



Fig. 60.— Smilax macrophylla (kumarika) 

 i, t, Stipule-tendrils. 



(fig- 



60) are modified stipules; those of Antigonmi 

 leptopus (a common garden 

 climber with racemes of 

 pale-red or white flowers) 

 and of Cardiospermum 

 Halicacabum (fig. 61) (a 

 common climbing weed) 

 are modified floral axes; 

 and those of isher - mul 

 {Aristolochia indicd), Cle- 

 matis (see fig. 144), and 

 Garden Nasturtium {Tro- 

 pceolum majus, a common 

 garden annual), are spirally 

 twisted petioles. 

 Spines or thorns are sharp-pointed structures com- 

 monly met with in plants. They are metamorphosed 



Fig. 61. ■ 



-Shib-jhul {Cardiospermimi 

 Halicacabum) 



