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BUDS AND LEAVES 



mentary flower or flower cluster; mixed buds contain both 

 leaves and flowers. 



FIG. 86. Buds. 1, A, Flower bud; , open flower bud; C, leaf bud, all of 

 Carolina poplar (Populus deltoides) ; 2, 3, mixed bud leaf and flower bud of horse- 

 chestnut, dissected to show A, the twelve outer resinous scales; B, flower bud; 

 C, four rudimentary leaves covered with white hairs; D, young palmate leaf with 

 five lobes. 



