BEECH 



285 



beneath and on the veins, and ciliate, especially when 

 young. Venation somewhat prominent beneath; plaited 

 parallel to the veins and with silky white hairs on the 

 veins and in angles. Petiole short, 5 15 mm., pubescent. 



Fig. 108. Beech, Fagus sylvatica, p. 284 (Ett). 



Stipules thin and scarious, lanceolate, deciduous. Autumn 

 leaves russet brown or fawn: young leaves olive and russet 

 browns. 



Venation strict-pinnate ; the midrib strong to the 

 middle, the secondaries sharp, alternate, running straight 

 to the margins and ending there, but the lower in divergent 

 lines and may tend to loop slightly and their attenuated 



