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The flower-cluster leaves a concave, semicircular scar, in the leaf-axil. Balm-of-Gilead. 1. Branch in winter state: a, leaf-scar; b, bud-scar. 2. Branch, with leaf-buds expanded. 3. The terminal buds are the strongest and not very many axillary buds develop, so that the tree has not fine spray. The leaf-arrangement is alternate, on the 2/5 plan.
The middle bud, which is smaller and develops later, is a leaf-bud. The others are flower-buds. The leaf-scars are small, with three dots on each scar. The rings are very plain. The flower-cluster leaves a round scar in the leaf-axil, as in Cherry. The leaves are opposite and the tree branches freely.
Here are three fruits erect on their stems; one of them is more than an inch in diameter either way, sturdy and unblemished; another shows deformity due to insect puncture; the third remains small and presently will drop. A scar in the leaf-axil marks the failure of another flower.
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