BLUE BEECH. 



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I 'late 30. Carpinits caroiliana. Blue Beech. 



i. Flowering branch, one-half natural size. 2. Scale of staminate cat- 

 kin, enlarged. 3. Stamen, enlarged. 4. Scale of pistillate catkin, enlarged. 

 5. Pistillate flower with bract and bractlets, enlarged. 6. Fruiting branch, 

 one-half natural size. 7. Nut with involucre, one-half natural size. 8. 

 .Nut, enlarged. 9. Longitudinal section of nut, enlarged. 10. Winter 

 branch, one-half natural size. n. Staminate catkin in winter, enlarged. 



