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bases of leaves. This kind of bud-scale is especially well 
shown in the magnolia and the tulip tree. 
107. Naked Buds.— All of the buds above-mentioned are 
winter buds, capable of living through the colder months of 
the year, and are scaly buds. 
In the herbs of temperate climates, and even in shrubs and 
trees of tropical regions, the buds are often naked, — is 
nearly or quite destitute of scaly coverings. 
Make astudy ofthe naked 
buds of any convenient herb, 
such as one of the common 
“geraniums” (pelargonium), 
and record what you find in it. 
*108. Position of 
Buds.— The distinc- 
tion between lateral and 
terminal buds has al- 
ready been alluded to. 
The plumule is the 
first terminal bud which 
the plant produces. 
Lateral buds are usu- 
ally axillary, as shown 
in Fig. 57. But not in- 
frequently there are 
several buds grouped in , | 
; Fic. 57.— Alternate Leaves of Cultivated Cherry, 
some way about a single with Buds in their Axils, in October. 
leaf-axil,either one above 
the other, as in the black walnut, Fig. 58, or grouped side by 
side, as in the red maple and the cherry, Fig. 59. 
In these cases all the buds except the axillary one are 
called accessory or supernumerary buds. 
* 109. Leaf-Buds and Flower-Buds ; the Bud an Undeveloped 
Branch. — Such buds as the student has so far examined for 
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