148 



HOLME OAK 



lateral buds the distichous arrangement passes to a spiral 

 one. The lateral buds are green, and so closely sessile in 

 the axil as to appear sunk in the petiole. 



The bud starts with one scale next the axis, followed 

 by about four or five others arranged in a distichous 

 manner, the further leaves gradually passing to a spiral. 

 Leaf-scars narrow, crescentic. Buds obscurely pubescent. 



(/3) Buds with numerous obvious scales. 



* Buds aggregated at the tips of the grey 

 or whitish tomentose twigs ; scales dry, 

 in 5 ranks. 



Quercus Ilex, L. Holme Oak, Evergreen Oak. The 

 leaves are often entire, though typically spinose-toothed 



Fig. 69. Spurge Laurel, Daphne Laureola, p. 149 (D). 



