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CUPULIFER^. 



[part I. 



ten stamens, which project beyond it. The 

 female flowers also grow in globular heads (c) 



0.^) ^^0 a 



FfG. 87. — The Beech {Fagus}. 



two or three together, surrounded by a great 

 number of linear bracts, which gradually grow 

 together, and form a four-lobed involucre shown 

 open at d. In the centre of this involucre are 

 two or more female flowers, each surrounded by 



