Fic. 3. Flowering branch of Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) belonging to Mr. Howard N. Folk, Brielle, Mon- 
mouth Co., N. J.; collected June 28, 1931. The purely staminate or androgenous catkins borne on the lower portions 
of the two flowering branches are in full flower, shedding an abundance of pollen. The upper catkins (two on the right 
hand branch and one on the left) are androgynous, 7.e., with pistillate flowers at their bases (indicated by the white 
arrows and the protruding, spine-like styles), which will form the burs, and with still unopened staminate flower clus- 
ters above. (7481.) 
