2i4 Takeda. — Morphology of the Stipules in the Stellatae. 
Postscript. 
After the above had been written, some of the seedlings of several 
members of the Stellatae raised in a hot-pit in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kevv, were found ready for an investigation. The result of an examination 
regarding the number of members at lower nodes in the stem is as follows : 
1. Galium Aparine , Linn. The seedlings bore a four-membered whorl 
at the first node succeeding the cotyledons. Only one specimen was found 
to have produced a five-membered whorl at the first node. Thus, the result 
corresponds to what has been observed in the field, as described in the fore- 
going pages. 
2. Galium Mollugo , Linn, x G. verum , Linn. So far, the seedlings 
have produced three nodes, at each of which four ‘ leaves ’, consisting of two 
true leaves and two stipules, are present. The stipules are as a rule similar 
to the true leaves, but a scale-like stipule occasionally stood opposite 
a normal, leaf-like stipule. 
3. Asperula galioides, Bieb. 1 So far, four nodes have developed in the 
seedlings examined. Four ‘ leaves' were present at each of the four nodes. 
The stipules are sometimes smaller than the true leaves in the same whorl. 
4. Asperula tinctoria , Linn. 2 So far, three nodes have been produced, 
each of which is four-membered. The stipules are distinctly smaller than 
the true leaves at the same node, often assuming a scale-like appearance. 
1 According to de Candolle (Prodr. Reg. Veg., vol. iv, p. 585) this species bears six to eight 
‘ leaves ’ to the node. 
2 According to de Candolle (1. c., p. 582) the whorls in the lower region of the stem are six- 
membered, those in the middle region are four-membered, while those in the apical region are two- 
membered. 
