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upper angle formed by the leaf with the stem. This angle 

 is known as the axil of the leaf, and such buds are said to 



Fig. 



Fig. 98. — I, terminal shoot of an elm. b, leaf- 

 scars; k, axillary buds. Natural size. II, 

 one of the buds cut lengthwise through 

 center, magnified 3 diam. a, young axis; 



b, leaf-scar; bl, young leaves; d, bud-scales. 

 — After Behrens. 



Fig. 99. — A, twig of red maple with ac- 

 cessory buds in addition to axillary bud. 

 B, twig of butternut, with leaf-scar, a, small 

 axillary bud, b, and larger accessory buds, 



c, d, above axil. Natural size. — After 

 Gray. 



Fig. 100. — A bit of stem of a honeysuckle 

 {Lonicera xylosteutn) bearing large axillary 

 and smaller superposed accessory buds 

 above the axils of the scars, n n, from 

 which leaves have fallen. Natural size. — 

 After Frank. 



Fig. 100. 



he axillary (fig. 98). Ordinarily a single bud arises in the 

 axil of each leaf. Its origin is always subsequent to that of 

 the leaf- fundament (figs. 95, 96). 



