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BUDS AND STIPULES 



densely lined with white silky hairs, which almost 

 completely surround the axillary bud, keeping it safe 

 and comfortable till the fall of the leaf. The terminal 

 bud nestles in the cavity between the petioles of 

 the youngest expanded or expanding pair of leaves. 

 The petioles of the latter remain erect for a consider- 

 able time, and being closely applied face to face, 



Fig. 111. 



Fig. 112. 



Negundo aceroides. Nat. size. 

 Fig. 111. Portion of shoot (a) with the bases of the two opposite leaf-stalks (p). 

 Fig. 112. Vertical sectiou of same, showing the axillary buds (b) sheltered in the 

 hollowed base of the leaf-stalk. 



they completely cover and protect the bud. When 

 growth becomes arrested for the season the terminal 

 bud attains some size, so that its tip projects beyond 

 the cavity of the petioles. By this time, however, the 

 scales of the winter-bud are sufficiently hardened to 

 escape harm and protect the younger members. 



In Sophora japonica (fig. 113), one of the Legumi- 

 nosce, the terminal bud is thicklv covered with brown 



