stipe meaning
The stipes or stalks of Laminaria cloustoni are used in surgery. The stipes is usually about the same length as the leafy portion. The stipes is about the same length as the leafy portion of the frond. The stipes is somewhat longer than the rachis, and it is of a whity-green colour. How to Know the Ferns S. Leonard Bastin The stipes is very short and it is of a brownish colour, with a few scales. stipes and branches of the leaves very slender and polished. Scales of rhizome and stipes narrow, of firm texture and with thick-walled cells. stipes tufted, two to four inches long, brownish beneath, green above. The Fern Lover's Companion George Henry Tilton stipes dark purple or reddish-brown, polished and decidedly hairy and harsh to the touch, at least on one side.