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STIPULE. 
Stipula. A leqflike appendage accompanying the proper 
leaves of the plant. 
1. Attachment to the plant. 
Cauline, Stipvlce caulinares . Attached to the stem ra- 
ther than to the leaves. Rubiacese, Malvaceae, Lathyrus 
aphyllus, Alnus glutinosa. 
Amplexicaul, amplexicanles. Embracing the stem. Car- 
damine impatiens, Morus, Ficus. « 
Sheathing, i m gin ante s y luhulosoe. Forming a tube round 
the stem. Polygoneae, Alchemilla vulgaris. 
Hypocrateriform, hypocrateriform.es. Forming a tube 
round the stem, terminating at top by an enlarged flat rim. 
Polygonum orientale, Platanus. 
In ferax illary, infer axillares. Attached to the stem below 
the leaves. Berberis, Ribes spinosum. 
Intermediate, intermedia. Growing upon the stem be- 
tween opposite leaves. CofFea. In the rubiacese they 
unite with the leaves in forming a whirl, and appear to be 
really abortive leaves. 
Lateral, laterales. Placed on the stem on each side of 
the base of the leafstalk. Tilia, many leguminosse, Alnus 
glutinosa. 
Ambiguous, amhiguce. Attached nearly equally to the 
stem and to the leaves. Polygoneae, Lotus siliquosus. 
^ Petiolar, petiolares. Attached on the leafstalk. Rosa, 
Mespilus, Ononis. 
Marginal, marginales , adnata. Attached along the sides 
of the leafstalk. Rosa canina, Piper nigrum, Nymphsea. 
Detached, solutce. Attached to the leafstalk by their 
base only. 
Anterior, anterior es, intrafoliacece. Joined at their base 
only to the anterior part of the leafstalk, free at their upper 
part, and so forming a lamina placed between the stem and 
the leafstalk. Melianthus, Trifolium pratense, Illecebrum 
verticillatum, Arenaria rubra. 
Petiolular, petiolulares. Growing at the base of the 
leaflets of a compound leaf, upon the petiolules. Dolichos. 
PI. 5, fig. 13. 
2. Number. 
Single, Stipulce solitarice, A single stipule to each leaf. 
Berberis. In ruscus the solitary stipule appears to be an 
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