Note 561 — GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
Reading edition
It must, however, be borne in mind that no true leaf-organ has yet been seen with a bud at its exact apex (unless it be the nepaul barley), while in the case of an axial organ such a position of the bud is constant. The nearest approach is in the case of impari-pinnate leaves in which the terminal leaflet is jointed to the common rachis, and in the leaves of some Meliaceæ which continue to push forth new leaflets even after the leaf has attained maturity.