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BUDS AND STIPULES 



with the form of the leaf only. In botli species the 

 leaves, like those of Linodendron, are conduplicate. 



The leaves are in both species of about equal length, 

 or those of the Oak are the longer ; but the buds of the 



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Fig. 20. Oak Bud, x 6. 



Beech (fig. 19) are much longer than those of the Oak 

 (fig. 20). The young leaves of the Beech are able to 

 lie straight in the bud ; those of the Oak have not 

 room to do so, and are, consequently, bent somewhat 

 like a bow along the midrib. Now, if the outer edge 



