. Botany all the year round; a practical text-book for schools. Botany. 257. Buds with Stipular Scales. — Sketch a bud of the tulip tree, or other magnolia, on the outside. (The India rubber tree, oak, beech, and hack- berry, furnish other examples of stip- ular scales.) How does it differ in appearance from the ones already ex- amined .' Remove the outer pair of scales and observe that (in the tulip tree) their edges do not overlap as in the imbricated' arrangement, but merely touch, or in botanical language, are valvate. Notice the difference in coior between the outer Why are the outer pair
. Botany all the year round; a practical text-book for schools. Botany. 257. Buds with Stipular Scales. — Sketch a bud of the tulip tree, or other magnolia, on the outside. (The India rubber tree, oak, beech, and hack- berry, furnish other examples of stip- ular scales.) How does it differ in appearance from the ones already ex- amined .' Remove the outer pair of scales and observe that (in the tulip tree) their edges do not overlap as in the imbricated' arrangement, but merely touch, or in botanical language, are valvate. Notice the difference in coior between the outer Why are the outer pair so hard and thick ? Draw a cross section of the bud as it appears under the lens, showing the small round objects that appear here and there between the scales. Can you make out what they are ? Draw a verti- cal section. Do you see anything Hke a flower bud ? If. 336. — Bud of tulip tree, showing stipular scales : :>•, j-, stipules. and inner Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Andrews, Eliza Frances, b. 1840. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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