Fig 82 External features of stems and composition of buds of horse chestnut 

 (Aescidus hippocastanum). A, twig bearing a terminal reproductive bud (1), and 

 a lateral branch bearing a terminal vegetative bud (2); nodes, internodes, lea 

 scars, vascular bundle scars, terminal bud scale scars, lenticels, and the lateral 

 axillary buds are also represented. B-C, longitudinal sections of reproductive buds: 

 B dormant in winter; C, unfolding in spring. D-E, longitudinal sections of vegeta- 

 tive buds: D, dormant in winter; E, unfolding in spring. F termmal bud scale 

 scars and other external features on a 7-year-old branch in which there was com- 

 paratively httle elongation of internodes each season. 



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