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BUDS AND STIPULES 



with the uppermost pair of leaves that fell in the 

 previous autumn. The young leaves in spring are 

 serially continuous with both the two pairs of scales 



Fig. 186. Viburnum 

 Lantana, x 2. 



Fig. 187. Part of Leaf of V. Lantaxa, 

 x 75, showing stellate hairs. 



and the leaves of the previous season. Unless the 

 terminal bud ends in an inflorescence, the shoots of 

 successive years are interrupted only by two pairs of 

 scales. Strong shoots do, as a rule, terminate in an 



