146 BUDS AND STIPULES 



The first scale (fig. 248) is widely triangular and 

 generally sharply cuspidate. The second (fig. 249) is 

 nearly orbicular, deeply concave, and covers a conside- 

 rable portion of the bud. The third (fig. 250), fourth 

 (fig. 251), and fifth (fig. 252) are more oblong, gradu- 

 ally longer, each covering a large portion of the bud and 

 overlapping the scale next above them. The fifth is 

 more membranous and pubescent, remains alive during 

 winter, and elongates on the resumption of growth in 

 spring. It is strongly or copiously ciliate, particu- 

 larly above the middle. The sixth (fig. 253) is longer, 

 but otherwise similar. 



The seventh scale (fig. 254) in an average bud is the 

 longest, covers about three-quarters of the bud, and 

 being folded over or round the top of the bud, all the 

 scales that follow are slightly shorter. The eighth 

 (fig. 255) is more narrowed at the base. All these scales 

 from the fifth onwards are furnished with longitudinal 

 slender veins, running almost parallel from base to 

 apex. 



The ninth scale (fig. 256), in the bud from which 

 the sketches were made, was divided halfway down, one 

 lobe overlapping the other. Each half was furnished 

 with a distinct midrib, with a few more slender veins 

 proceeding from it. Other buds contained several more 

 or less divided scales. Here we have evidence of these 

 scales being made up of two stipules. 



The tenth node of the same bud bore two perfectly 



