THE WAYFARING TREE. 



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THE BRANCHES. 



The buds are found in pairs, one opposite the other, and each 

 pair at right angles to the one above or below it on the shoot. 

 The terminal hud conceals a flower-cyme, and the shoot is continued 

 bv means of the lateral buds. One is set on either side of the dead 

 flower-stalk, and in this way a fork ot three prongs is produced 

 (W). Each lateral shoot is in its turn prolonged in a similar 

 manner, (Y), only varied by the occasional loss of one arm of the fork 

 {{). The old wood is a dull purple or red-brown colour. The nevi^ 

 shoots are hoary. 



THE LEAF . 



Towards the end of May the leaves expand. The young ones 

 resemble a scroll set upiright : they are rolled up Jrom the edge to 



the centra] rib displaying 

 only the back of the blade, 

 which is hairy and a greenish- 

 white colour. 



The leaves grow in de- 

 cussate f)airs and are borne 

 on rather short petioles, 

 so that they form on the 

 shoots, which are also short, 

 a rosette made up ot two 

 large and well - developied 

 leaves and two small and 



younger 



PLAN OF 

 LEAF. 



leaves arranged 



crosswise. In the centre 

 of the rosette stands the 

 upright bud. The leaves 



