Chap. IV. 



VITACE^. 



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Various authors (Palm, p. 55 ; Mohl, p. 45 ; Lindley, 

 &c.) beliere that the tendrils of the Tine are modified 

 flower-peduncles. I here give a drawing (fig. 10) of 

 the ordinary state of a young flower-stalk : it consists 



Fig. 10. 

 Flower«faUk of the Tine. 



A. Common Pcdandn. 



B. Flower-tendril, with a scale at ite base. 



C. Suh-Pednncle. hearing the flower-buds. 



D. Ftitiole or the opposite leaf. 



of the "common peduncle" (A); of the "flower- 

 tendril " (B), which is represented as having caught a 

 twig; and of the " suh-peduncle " (C) bearing the 

 flower-buds. The whole moTes spontaneously, like a 

 true tendril, but in a less degree; the moyement, 



