BRITISH FLO WEEING PLANTS 



\SC.S£, Fig. 253.— The Beech. Winter bud. 



Fig. 254. — First or lowest pair of stipules. 

 Fig. 255. — Sixth pair of stipules, overlapping at the comers. 

 ,., ij. Fig. 256. — Eleventh pair of stipules, showing how one is rolled within 



p "'I the other ; I, position where the leaf should be, though it is yet 



absent. 

 Fig. 257. — Diagrammatio transverse section of the stipules, showing the 

 Fig- 264. extent to which they overlap. 



Fig. 258. — The bud after eleven pairs of stipules havebeen removed ; 

 I, the first leaf ; st st, the twelfth pair of stipules ; e e, the edges of the outer 

 one of the twelfth pair. 

 Fig. 259. — st st, the twelfth pair of stipules flattened out ; I, the first leaf belonging 



to the same. 

 Pio. 260. — st st, the thirteenth pair of stipules ; I, the second leaf 

 Fig. 261. — stst, the fourteenth pair of stipules ; I, the third leaf. 

 Fig. 262. — st, the only stipule of the fifteenth pair discernible in this baid ; I, the 



fourth leaf 

 Fig. 263. — No stipule discernible in the bud examined ; I, the fifth and last leaf dis- 

 cernible, occupying the centre of the bud. 

 Fig. 264. — Junction of the wood of two seasons' growth ; sc. st, scars of the outer 

 eleven pairs of stipules that covered the winter bud and which were unaccom- 

 panied by leaves. 



