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BUDS AND STIPULES 



The bud may be divided into three parts. The 

 lower, which occupies from one-fifth to one-tenth of 

 the length, is somewhat narrower than the rest. No 

 needles are developed on this part, of the bud. The 



FIG. 272. 



FIG. 273. 



SCOTCH FIB (Pinus sylvestris). 



FIG. 272. Fragment of terminal bud representing seven tiers of scales of the winter- 

 bud, x 6 ; Sc, three scales with their fringed membranous margin, the rest have 

 been removed ; b, persistent bases of scales ; I, buds of secondary leaves in the 

 axils of the primary. 



FIG. 273. A detached scale-base. 



middle portion is the longest, and when the brown 

 portion of the primary leaves has been stripped off 

 has, from their spiral arrangement, very much the 



