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ALDER 



16 IS 19 



Fig. 74. Alder, Abius glutinosa. 1, flowering shoot with young male 

 and female catkins; 2, a male catkin; 3, one of the scales of the latter 

 bearing three male flowers and their bracteoles, seen from outside ; 4, the 

 same in lateral view; 5, the same from inside; 6, the same from above; 

 7, a single male flower from outside, and 8, from inside; 9, a female 



