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Fig. 189. Alder. i, autumn shoot ; 2, flowering shoot ; 3, section 

 of leaf -bud ; 4, male cyme ; 5, diagram of male cyme ; 6, female 

 cyme ; 7, diagram of female cyme ; b, stalked buds ; br, bracts ; 

 c, 'cone' with fruits; d, dead 'cones'; d.b, dormant buds; f.c, 

 female catkins ; I, leaf ; I. b, decurrent leaf -bases ; le , lenticels ; 

 m.c, male catkins ; s, stipules ; sc, scale-leaves ; 5/, stigmas. 



