Chap. 53] THE TRUNKS AND BRANCHES OE TREES. 391 



it produces mistletoe, and on the f^^tZ^^lJ^ 

 growing upon it at the same moment. 



CHAP. 53.-rIEEERENCES IN TREES IN RESPECT OE THE TRUNKS 



AND BKANCHES. 



Some trees are of a simple form, and have hut a single trunk 

 lisinTfrom the root, together with numerous branches ; such 

 afthe ote, for instance S the fig and the vine; ot herein are 

 of a shrubby nature, such as the pahurus *ejyri^ and 

 the filbert; which last, indeed, is all the better, ana tne 

 more abundant its fruit, the more numerous its bran ch . in 

 some tree= again, there is no trunk at all, as is tne case wuu 

 one species of box," and the lotus™ of the parts beyond sea 

 Some toes are bifurcated, while there are some that branch 

 ouTfiT o as many as five parts. . Others, W**™£ m the 

 trunk but have no branches, as m the case of the elder , wnue 

 others have no division in the trunk but throw out branches, 

 such as the pitch-tree, for instance. , ._ m _ ad the 



In some trees the branches are symmetrica ^ «"«« the 

 pitch-tree and the fir, for example; ^^°ft?5ota? 

 £ di Tfnd1he° U p er Sffi«t£ 



LaXs are cu?' though, if takenoff *J^»W*2 

 i* r-rnduoed If it is cut, too, below the place where me 

 £ we, the part of 'the tree which is left ^ contoue 

 to live ; but if, on the other hand, the top only of the tree is 

 removed, the whole of it will die. 



47 See c. 93, where he enlarges on the varieties of the mistletoe. 



several cicatrices united. 



