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lar pubescent. First leaf lanceolate, serrate, pale below, dark 
green above. The midrib of the first leaf with minute hairs. 
Third and succeeding leaves similar to first, except somewhat 
Fig. 12. Shephertfia argentea, seedling two stages, early stage, showing outer seed- 
coat raised on tip of cotyledons 
Drawn by C. M. King 
Sliepherdia argentea. Nutt. Buffalo Berry. 
The seeds were planted in the greenhouse March 6, 1922. 
Germination took place about July 1. 
The seed covering is lifted above the. ground on the tip of the 
emerging cotyledon. 
Fig. 13. Stellate trichomes from leaf of Shepherdia argentea 
Drawn by C. M. King 
