BUDS AND BRANCHES 
and texture of the leaf and 
the space available for it in 
the bud. When doubled back 
and forth like a fan, or crum- 
pled and folded as in the 
buckeye, horse-chestnut, and 
maple, the vernation is plicate 
(Figs. 160, 162). 
156. Position of the flower 
acca ee creer cluster. — What do you find 
nut, showing twice con- Within the circle of leaves? 
duplicate vernation. = _Fiyamine one of the smaller 
139 
many different ways, according to the shape 
Fie. 160.—A 
partly expanded 
leaf of beech, 
showing plicate- 
conduplicate 
vernation. 
axillary buds, and see if you find the same object within it. 
If you are in any doubt as to what this object is, examine 
a bud that is more expanded, and you will have no difficulty 
in recognizing it as a rudimentary flower 
161 
nate its axis when the 
bud expands, and the 
growth of the branch 
will culminate in the 
flower. The branching 
of any kind of stem 
that bears a central 
flower cluster must, 
then, be of what order ? 
: Compare your draw- 
an ings with the section of 
ros. 161, 162.—Buds ® hyacinth bulb or 
of maple: 161, vertical jonquil, and note the 
section of a twig; 162, 
cross section through 
cluster. Notice its position with refer- 
ence to the scales and leaves. If at the 
center of the bud, it will, of course, termi- 
Fic. 163. — Ver- 
Runtewetoe : eae tical section of hick- 
similarity in position oy bud: a, furry in- 
bud, showing folded of the flower clusters. er scales; 6, outer 
leavesin center and scales a scales ; 1, folded leaf ; 
surrounding them. In a bud of the hick- r, receptacle. 
