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BUDS AND STIPULES 



at the very base of the elongating shoots are minute and 

 toothlike, or subulate, soon becoming brown and falling 

 early. Those on the upper part of the elongating shoots 



FIG. 286. LEAVES or HAWTHORN. 



vary from unilateral, falcate, serrated, small but folia- 

 ceous organs, to large, half-cordate, simply or doubly 

 serrate, shortly stalked, foliaceous, much-reticulated 



