BROOM. FIG 261 



Twigs, buds, leaf-scars and leaves not dis- 

 tichous, but more or less evidently spiral in 



f~l Twigs very thick and lax, with large 

 leaf-scars, and a large, very pointed, 

 terminal bud; white latex. Leaves lobed. 

 Flowers small, in a hollow "Fig." 



Fig. 131. Sarothamnus scoparius, Broom (Wo 



Ficus Garica, L. Fig. Usually a spreading lax shrub, 

 with Jong, wand-like, rounded and smooth, olive-green to 

 greyish-brown twigs ascending or spreading. In favourable 

 situations a diffuse short-stemmed tree up to 20 feet or so 

 in height, with widely extended branches and loose foliage. 



