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ELDER 



(/3) Buds opsn and irregularly elongated, 

 exposing the tips of the young green leaves 

 projecting beyond the bud-scales, which are 

 few, short, reddish brown and membranous. 

 Lenticels conspicuous. 



Sambucus nigra, L. Elder (Fig. 75). Twigs pale 

 grey, somewhat angular at the apex, and some of them 



Fig. 75. Elder, Sambucus nigra (D). 



