EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate CCCXLVIIL Hicoria laciniosa. 



1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. A staminate flower, rear view, enlarged. 



3. A staminate flower, front view, enlarged. 



4. An anther, enlarged. 



5- A pistillate flower, lateral view, natural size 



6. A winter branch, natural size. 



Plate CCCXLIX. Hicoria laclniosa. 



1. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



2. A nut, natural size. 



3. Cross section of a nut, natural size- 



4. A nut cut transversely, natural size. 

 6. A leaf, reduced. 



