stipule

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Seeds very numerous, on thick placentæ projecting from the axis, pendulous, with a loose membranaceous coat prolonged at both ends.—Shrubs, with opposite often toothed leaves, no stipules, and solitary or cymose-clustered showy white flowers.

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The stipules are between the leaf-stalks, each consisting of two lateral ones united, or rarely with the tips free.

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Here we have another modification, a development of the "stipule," that tiny pointed growth common to many leaves, and particularly notable at the base of a rose leaf.

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Leaves.—Usually alternate; compound; with stipules; the latter sometimes transformed into thorns or tendrils.

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The leaves when borne on an elongated stem are arranged alternately and have no stipules.

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