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Naturally, the stem becomes longer by every perfoliation; in luxuriant specimens the length can reach that of some lines.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

As an abnormal occurrence, I have met with this perfoliation in a leaf of Goodenia ovata.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.