TH£ OPHNINQ OH' THE BUDS, CONCLUDED 



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together sidewise, like the folds of ■ a 

 fan. The two halves of the leaves 

 are really folded upon each other, how- 

 ever, in a conduplicate way, so that 

 the packing away of 

 this leaf represents 

 two methods. Fig. 

 58 is an opening leaf 

 of the blue palmetto 

 of Florida. In this 

 case, the leaf-blade 

 is folded sidewise 

 completely Uke the 

 plaits of a fan. 

 This method of fold- 

 ing is called the 

 plaited or plicate 

 manner. 



61. An opening 

 bud of the tulip tree 

 (or white wood) is 

 at Fig. 59. In 

 this instance, the 

 leaf-blade is bent over upon the face of 

 the stalk, or is inflexed (seen at a). 

 In the horse-chestnut, however (Fig. 60), 

 the leaf is bent down upon the back of 

 the petiole, or is reflexed. In this case, 



Pia. 59. 

 Inflexed vernation of tulip tree. 



Fig. 58. 



Leaf of blue 

 palmetto, un- 

 foldine, 



