Opposite some of these leaves springs a tendril, by aid of which the plant climbs.
This new podium, now in a direct line with its predecessor, produces leaves and ends in its turn in a tendril or inflorescence.
Looking up he saw a long tendril like a spiders web.
Each podium consists of a portion of the stem bearing one or more leaves, each with an axillary bud or buds, and terminating in a tendril or an inflorescence.
In Lathyrus Aphaca and some other plants the true pinnate leaves are abortive, the petiole forms a tendril, and the stipules alone are developed, perform ing the office of leaves.