EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate CCCXLVL Hicoria oyata. 



1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. A staminate flower, rear view, enlarged. 



3. A staminate flower, front view, enlarged. 

 4c A stamen, enlarged. 



5. A pistillate flower, lateral view, enlarged. 



6- Vertical section of a pistillate flower, enlarged 



7. A winter-bud, natural size. 



8. Diagram of a winter-bud. 



Plate CCCXLVIL Hicoria ovata. 



1. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



2. A valve of the fruit, natural size. 



3. A nut, natural size. 



4. Cross section of a nut cut through the middle, natural size 

 5- An inversed cotyledon, natural size. 



6. A thin-shelled nut, cut transversely, natural size, 



7. A nut, natural size. 



