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BUDS AND STIPULES 





discernible in the bud. The broader part lies next the 

 axis, as in the Lime. 



Henry (18, 308) regards the outer scale as a combi- 

 nation of the leaf-blade with the two stipules. I see, 

 however, no sufficient reason for this view. 



As the leaves come out the shoot 

 curves down, and the stipules form arched 

 hoods over the young leaves. They are 

 often bright pink and very pretty. 



In the Wych Elm (Ulmus montana) 

 the construction and arrangement of the 

 bud (fig. 261) resemble that of the Com- 

 mon Elm, but the double character of 

 the outer scales was more clearly shown 



FIG. 261. BUD in the specimens I examined. Fig. 262 

 o* WYCH ELM. . Al _ - , rni . 



gives the four outer scales. The inner 



ones pass gradually into pink, from a greyish green base. 

 The young bud (PL III. fig. 1) is in a line with 



FIG. 262. OUTKII SCALES OF Buu OF WYCH ELM. 



the branchlet, but as it expands it turns down- 

 wards and hangs at right angles to it (PI. III. figs. 2-4). 

 When the young shoot has reached the stage shown in 



