PLANT LIFE. 



upper angle formed by the leaf with the stem. This angle 

 is known as the axil of the leaf, and such buds are said to 



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Fifi. 98, — I, terminal sliont nf an elm. /', leaf- 

 scars; k, axillary buds. Natural size, II, 

 one of the buds cut lengthwise through 

 center, magnified 3 diam. d, young axis; 

 /', leaf-scar; bi, young lea\"es; </, bud-scales. 

 — After Behrens. 



Fig. gg. — -4, twig of red maple with ac- 

 cessoi-y buds in addition to axillary bud. 

 />', twig of butternut, with leaf-scar, i;, small 

 axillary bud, /', and larger accessory buds, 

 c, d, above axil. Natural size. — After 

 Gray. 



Fig. 100. — ^A bit fjf stem of a honeysuckle 

 {/.oJiico'a .vy/ostciiin) bearing large axillary 

 and smaller superposed accessoiy buds 

 above the axils of the scars, ?i n, from 

 which leaves have fallen. Natural size, — 

 After Frank, 



\>t axillary (fig. 98). Ordinarily a single bud arises in the 

 axil of each leaf. Its origin is ahva)'s subsequent to that of 

 the leaf-fundament (figs. 95, 96). 



