KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES 



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BEECH. Leaves simple, alternate. Bark light 



gray, without furrows. 

 122. Leaves very variable, commonly deeply cut 



into slender divisions. Cult. (Fig. 140.) 



Fig. 144. American Beech. 



Fern-leaved Beech, Fagus sylvatica var. 

 heterophylla Loud. 



122. Leaves not deeply cut 123. 



123. Leaves purple, red, or even darker. Cult. 



(Figs. 141, 142.) Purple-leaved Beech, 

 Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea Ait. 



