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82: INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
abortive leaf, and the apparent leaf in reality a metamorphosed
branch.
Twin, gemince. 'Pwo stipules to each leaf. Almost all
plants that have stipules.
3. Connexion.
Distinct, Stipules distinctcB. Separated from one another
throughout their whole length. Almost every plant that
has stipules.
Conjoined, connate, connatcB. Joined one fo the other.
Melianthus, Humulus.
4. Nature.
Leaflike, StipulcB foliacece. Resembling leaves in colour
and consistence. Agrimonia vulgaris, Lathyrus aphyllus>,
Lotus corniculatus.
Membranaceous, memhranacece. Polygonum amphibium,
Herniaria glabra, Corrigiola.
Scarious, scarioscE. Thin, dry, semitransparent. Polygonum
aviculare, Illecebrum verticillatum, Erodium cicutarium,
Potentilla fruticosa.
Spinescent, spinescentes. Becoming spines, or thorns.
Berberis vulgaris, Ribes spinosum. PI. 6, fig. 16.
Very small, minutcB. Gleditsia triacanthos, Ceratonia
Siliqua.
5. Figure.
Rounded, Stipulce subrotundce. Spiraea odorata.
Oval, ovales. Erodium cicutarium, Trifolium pratense,
Astragalus glycyphyllos.
Semioval, semiovales. Trifolium procumbens, Medicago
sativa.
Rather heartshaped, sulcordiformes, suhcordalce. Geranium
inquinans, Lotus tetragonolobus.
Obliquely heartshaped, ohlique-cordatcE. Pisum sativum.
Half-heartshaped, semi-cordiformes. Mespilus Pyracantha.
Kidneyshape, renaria, reniformes. Salix capraea.
Halfmooned, lunatcB, se7ni-lunaice. Agrimonia vulgaris,
Mespilus digyna, Crataegus Crus galli.
Sagittate, sagittatcs. Galea officinalis.
Semi-sagittate, semi-sagittatce. Vicia multiflora, Vicia
sativa, Lathyrus odoratus, Lathyrus annuus, Lathyrus
sylvestris, Orobus vernus.