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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Pirate CCCCXL. CAsTANEA DENTATA. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a staminate flower-cluster. 
Diagram of a pistillate flower-cluster. 
. A staminate flower, enlarged. 
. A stamen, front and rear views, enlarged. 
. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a pistillate flower, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of an involucre of pistillate flowers, enlarged. 
Piate CCCCXLI. CASTANEA DENTATA. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. An involucral spine, enlarged. 
A nut, natural size. 
. A nut, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a nut, natural size. 
A seed, natural size. 
End of a young branchlet with unfolding leaves, stipules, 
and partly grown aments. 
. A winter branch, natural size. 
- An axillary bud and leaf-scar, enlarged. 
