FIG. 207. 



/ st 



FIG. 208. 



sc.st 



FIG. 210. 



THE BEECH (Fagus sylvatica). 



FIG. 199. Winter-bud. FIG. 200. First or lowest pair of stipules. 



FIG. 201. Sixth pair of stipules overlapping at the corners. FIG. 202. Eleventh 

 pair of stipules, showing how one is rolled within the other ; Z, position where 

 the leaf should be, though it is yet absent. FIG. 203. Diagrammatic trans- 

 verse section of the stipules, showing the extent to which they overlap. 



FIG. 204. The bud after eleven pairs of stipules have been removed ; Z, the first leaf : 

 st, st, the twelfth pair of stipules ; e, e, the edges of the outer one of the twelfth 

 pair. FIG. 205. it, st, the twelfth pair of stipules flattened put ; /, the first 



leaf belonging to the same. . FIG. 206. st, st, the thirteenth pair of stipules : Z, 

 the second leaf. FIG. 207. st, st, the fourteenth pair of stipules ; Z, the third 

 leaf. FIG. 208. .</, the only stipule of the fifteenth pair discernible in this 

 bud : Z. the fourth leaf. FIG. 209. No stipulediscernible in the bud examined ; 

 Z, the fifth and last leaf discernible, occupying the centre of the bud. 



FIG. 210. Junction of the wood of two seasons' growth ; sc.st, scars of the outer 

 eleven pairs of stipules that covered the winter-bud and which were unac- 

 companied by leaves. 



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