252 SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON 
SALICINES. 
Salix Caprea, Linn.—The winter-buds of the Goat Willow are 
ovate, obtuse, tumid, relatively short, and more or less downy. 
The terminal bud dies, so that growth is renewed by the lateral 
ones (fig. 106). The bud is covered by a cap or scale in one piece 
Figs. 106-108. 
106 a. 107. 107 a. 108. 
Salix Caprea. 
106. Portion of shoot with a lateral bud; s, scar of fallen leaf; s.st, scar of 
fallen stipules. 106 a. Posterior view of the same bud. 
107. Anterior view of another bud bursting, showing the silky leaves, 1; 
w.s, winter-scale. 107a. Anterior view of the same scale removed and 
spread out, showing two midribs, mm ; ae, anterior edges, slit naturally ; 
p-r, posterior edges, slit to the base naturally on the bursting of the bud. 
108. The first leaf from the bud, 106. 
that shows no line of cohesion on either the anterior (fig. 100)or 
posterior face (fig. 106a). Laterally, however, there is à strong 
rib or keel, one on each edge. When growth recommences 1 
spring, the scale splits regularly from apex to base on the posterior 
face, and from the apex downwards, for one-third to one-half it 
length, on the anterior face (fig. 107). If the scale splits further 
on the anterior face, it does so irregularly. The whole seal 
flattened out at fig. 107a, shows the extent of the ser 
splitting, and also the two ribs or keels. This method ; 
splitting and the two ribs indicate that the scale of the winter 
bud is composed of two leaves inserted right and left on 
axis and cohering by their anterior and posterior edges. " 
first true leaf (fig. 108) is roundly ovate, obtuse, densely » 4 
on the back and edges, and thinly hairy on the inner face. r 
second and third leaves are oval-oblong, obtuse, and narrow! 
