88 



PLANT LIFE. 



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. 98. 



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

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

 one of the buds cut lengthwise through 

 center, magnified 3 diam. a, young axis; 

 .", li-.it -.car; bl, youDg leaves; </■ bud-scales. 

 _ — After Behrens. 



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

 cessory buds in addition to axillary bud. 

 B, twig ol butternut, with leaf sear. «;. small 

 axillary bud./', and larger accessory buds, 

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

 Gray. 



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

 (Lonicera tylosteum) bearing large axillary 

 and smaller superposed accessory buds 

 above the axils of the scars, « >i, from 

 which leaves have fallen. Natural size. — 

 After Frank. 



be 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). 



