ON THE PROTECTION OF BUDS 



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in a drop. It is formed by papillary outgrowths of the 

 epidermis. 



The buds of Chilocarpus look as if they were covered 

 by red sealing-wax (16). 



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Figs. 140, 141. Development of Hairs in Plane 

 (Platanus acerifolia). 



An epidermal cell divides into two unequal parts by an oblique wall. The upper grows 

 out into a 2-4-celled hair, the apical cell of which becomes a spherical gland-cell ; 

 a lateral cell grows oat obliquely into a long, pointed, hair-like structure. 



The lower figure Bhowa tin- development, the upper the perfect form of the hairs. 



The case of Tabemannontana (1, 35i) is especially 

 interesting. The buds of this plant are covered with a 



