ON BUDS 



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leaf is due to the form and arrangement of the 

 bud. 



M. Emery l has made some criticisms on my sugges- 

 tions, which, however, I need not notice, for, having 

 merely seen a short and incorrect abstract, and not having 

 taken the trouble to refer to the original paper, he mis- 

 understood my view, as M. Devaux pointed out at the 



Fig. 18. Arrangement of Young Leaves op Liriodendron. 



A corresponds with leaf No. 6 in C ; fi, next younger leaf ; G, ground-plan of 

 a bud, showing successive leaves (1 -7), with stipules (<S>7 5, &c.) 



time. I should gather also from his remarks that he 

 can never have examined a bud in a very early state. 



Or take, again, the case of the Oak and Beech. Both 

 have a conical bud, and the young leaves are protected 

 by stipules. I shall presently refer to them again 

 from this point of view. For the moment I am dealing 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1888, p. 327. 



