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BUDS AND STIPULES 



with the form of the leaf only. In both species the 

 leaves, like those of Liriodendron, are conduplicate. 



The leaves are in both species of about equal length, 

 or those of the Oak are the longer ; but the buds of the 



FIG. 19. WINTER- BUD or BEECH, 



FIG. 20. OAK BUD, x 6. 



Beech (fig. 19) are much longer than those of the Oak 

 (fig. 20). The young leaves of the Beech are able to 

 lie straight in the bud ; those of the Oak have not 

 room to do so, and are, consequently, bent somewhat 

 like a bow along the midrib. Now, if the outer edge 



