Figs. 68-78. 
The Beech (#uyus sylvatica). 
wW i ipules. 
69. First or lowest pair of stip 
- Winter-bud. . . ers. aus other ; /, 
10. Sixth pair of stipules overlapping at the corner " led within the other: ‘ 
71. Eleventh air of stipules, showing how o >is roll KM AA 
. position where the leaf should be though it isy ah they overlap. NI 
section of the stipules, showing the extent o wh aoe P the nt a 
72. The bud after eleven pairs of stipules have k eine m ved s rene 
8t, st. the twelfth pair of stipules; e, e, 
twelfth pair. 
longing 
: first leaf be 
™, st, the twelfth pair of stipules flattened out ; /, the 
4 the same. 
. d leaf. 
* 8, st, the thirteenth pair of stipules ; b the sceon leaf. bud; J, the 
< Sb st, the fourteenth pair of stipules ; J, ir discernible in this 
: st, the only stipule of the fifteenth pair dis fifth and last leaf 
f . ad- the 
7. No stipule discernible in the bud examined ; l, f the outer 
discernible, occupying the centre of the th; sc.st., scars 0 hich were 
78, Junction of the wood of two seasons grow inter-bud and w 
eleven pairs of Stipules that covered the w 
Unaccompanied by leaves. 
