. Science-gossip . wnham College, Cambridge ; Thread-worms, bv A. E. Shipley. , of ChristsCollege, Cambridge: Rotifers, by Marcus , , Trinity College, Cambridge, , Professor of Natural tlistory in the gueensCollege, Cork. G 4 I50 SCIENCE-GOSSIP. CHARACTERISTIC BRANCHING OF BRITISH FOREST-TREES. By the Rev. W. H. Purchas. (Continued Jrom page 95.) The LTHOUGH the horse-chestnut {JE$cxdus hippo-•^ castanum, L.) is not a native of Britain,having apparently been introduced from Asia, thisnoble tree has so long been known and is so oftenplanted for t
. Science-gossip . wnham College, Cambridge ; Thread-worms, bv A. E. Shipley. , of ChristsCollege, Cambridge: Rotifers, by Marcus , , Trinity College, Cambridge, , Professor of Natural tlistory in the gueensCollege, Cork. G 4 I50 SCIENCE-GOSSIP. CHARACTERISTIC BRANCHING OF BRITISH FOREST-TREES. By the Rev. W. H. Purchas. (Continued Jrom page 95.) The LTHOUGH the horse-chestnut {JE$cxdus hippo-•^ castanum, L.) is not a native of Britain,having apparently been introduced from Asia, thisnoble tree has so long been known and is so oftenplanted for the sake of ornament that it may wellclaim a place with others in these notes. Position of leaves.—The large leaves, divided tothe base into seven lobes and borne on peduncleswhich are often nine inches or more in length, areranged in opposite pairs as in the ash. Hence thebranches which arise from their axillary buds arein opposite pairs also, at least when all the axillary internodes, varyinglength. The larger. from one to several inches inof the yearly shoots close up atthe end of summer into a win-ter bud, which contains theinflorescence ready to burstforth in the following terminal bud is oftenaccompanied by a pair ofleaf-buds formed in the axilsof the last pair of leaf-buds give risein the next season to leafyshoots which do not, until
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