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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Pirate CCCCXLVII. Carprnus CAROLINIANA. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a pistillate flower-cluster. 
A staminate flower with its scale, front view, enlarged. 
. Scale of a staminate ament, rear view, enlarged. 
A stamen, enlarged. 
. Pistillate flowers with their scale, front view, enlarged. 
. A pistillate flower with bract and bractlets, enlarged. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. A nut with its involucre, natural size. 
. A nut, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a nut, enlarged. 
. A seed, enlarged. 
. An embryo, enlarged. 
. A winter branch, natural size. 
. A staminate ament in winter, enlarged. 
