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bud often dies, and growth is continued by the next lower 

 bud (Fig. 77). This grows into a long shoot, while the 

 lower lateral buds form dwarf shoots as in the Beech, with 

 a similar type of leaf -mosaic (Fig. 197). In flowering 



Fig. 197. Leaf-Mosaic of Elm. 



branches the small, pointed, upper buds produce leafy shoots, 

 but below these are larger globular buds which produce 

 clusters of flowers (Fig. 198, 1). 



The leaves are ovate to obovate and often lopsided ; the 

 margin is doubly serrate with a pointed apex, rough above 

 and velvety beneath. The leaves of the English Elm are 



