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BUDS AND STIPULES 



round the stem, become folded lengthways or con- 

 duplicate. They are clothed with long, sparse hairs, 

 and show a few teeth, or rather knobs, along the edge, 

 one terminating each of the veins, which are thicker 

 than in subsequent stages (fig. 63). The teeth, or 



m 



FIGS. 59-62. FIG. 63. 



AUCUBA JAPONICA. Highly magnified. 



FIG. 59, first pair of leaves, front view ; FIG. 60, ditto, side view ; Fio. 61, ?econd 

 pair ; FIG. 62, ditto, more developed ; FIG. 63, third pair. 



knobs, are also much larger in proportion than in the 

 full-grown leaf. 



COMMON LAUREL 



The subjoined figures illustrate the structure of 

 the bud of a Common Laurel (Cerasus Laurocerasus). 



