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entirely covered by every three leaves in succession. The angles 
of the bud alternate with each succeeding whorl of leaves. The 
Fig. 39. 
Phyllarthron comorense. 
38. Bud just commencing to elongate, X 4. 
LLL, young leaves still in their sub- 
conduplicate stage; Z.b, terminal bud ; 
a.b, axillary bud ; s, scar of fallen leaf. 
39. Full-grown leaf. j nat. size. 
latter in the bud are very narrowly linear, grooved along the 
centre, end consist of a very strong midrib with narrow slightly 
incurved margin, and the articulations are scarcely discernible 
The axillary buds are small, inconspicuous, covered with whe 
apparently would remain in the condition of scales if the bud 
were to resume growth, and nestling in the axils of the dilated 
base of the leaf. They seldom develop unless the terminal i 
is destroyed, accidentally or otherwise. 
MyoporineE&. 
The Myoporinez are exstipulate. ee of 
AMyoporum tuberculatum, R. Br.—The terminal bud consists 
