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The stipules on the modern plant are larjje, onlinarilv of an 

 odd, three-l..l.ed Fonn, the upper lohe l.einir produced \uu\ a horn 

 ^^hlch nui^ < Iom t., th, iMtml. 'Vlu^r ^tipnl. ^ ..ir pK.noui.Md 



Figs. 11 and'l2 heincr the more tvpicjil. .\> in Liriodendron, thev 



approximate the .sti])ular torni iind winch nrc <'iini'clv M'paniicd 

 from the lohes next above. IM. 1. Fm>. 1 7, illu>iratc> M)nic ..t ilic.e 

 basal loheb ami ^eI\c. a Innial.K to diou how ^iiikni-K they 

 approximate the stipnl«'> ni a;)pcarance. 



