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of the shoots from base to apex is very symme- 

 trical, and the buds are noticeable by their tongue- 

 shaped form and by their cleaving to the shoots, 



Willow. 



though they are generally small and inconspicuous. 

 They are produced all around the shoots, and thus 

 it is with this tree, as in the case of others whose 



