PLATE LXXII. AMERICAN ELM. 



1. Flowering branch with leaf buds, x |. 



2. A flower, enlarged. 



3. Branch with mature fruit, immature leaves and an expanding bud, x 1. 



4. Branch with mature leaves, x J. 



5. Winter twig with (f) flower buds, and (1) leaf buds, x J. 



6. A. leaf -scar with bundle-scars, enlarged. 



7. Section of a winter twig with a slightly pubescent bud, enlarged. 



