BUCKTHORN 161 



Bud-scales brown-black, blunt, slightly keeled and 

 ciliate ; leaf-scar small, semi-lunate, with 3 minute and 



Fig. 77. Buckthorn, dwarf-shoots (D). 



obscure leaf-traces ; leaf-bases slightly prominent. Lenti- 

 cels scattered and rather large, but more conspicuous on 

 the branches. Pith small, irregularly round. 



The first pair of bud-scales stand right and left : these 



are followed by about 6 7 pairs, of which only 4 5 



pairs show on the outside, and then by young leaves with 



their stipules. The scales are primarily opposite, but the 



w. i. 11 



