I 896.] Briefer Arlicies. i69 "gives rise to an extra-axillary branch" is the true axillary bud, as the upper bud plainly is in Amorpha fruticosa, Cercis Canadensis, and the above mentioned Juglandaceac.-GEo. H. SHULL, Sulphur Grove, Ohito. EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI.-Fig. I. Axillary bud of Spir-ea sansuiso7/ob L., the accessory buds just making their appearance.-Fig. 2. Same, the axillary buds fully developed as seen in the winter.-Fig. 3. A node of Diervilia Irifida Moench.-Fig. 4. The same.

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... of the axillary buds has been destroyed and the leading accessory bud has taken its place-Fig. 5. A node of Cercis Canadensis L.-Fig. 6. A node of Anmorpha fruticosa L.-Fig. 7. Node and thorn of Gleditschia triacanzus L.-Fig. 8. A node of jzuians nigra L. -Fig. 9. A node of Aipealopsis quinquefolia Mx.-Fig. io. A section of the bud of same.-Fig. I i. The first two nodes and the recurring series of three nodes of Anmpelopsis quinquefolia.