HORNBEAM. BLUE OR WATER BEECH. IRON-WOOD. 



Carpinus Caroliniana Walt. 



Fig. 128. Branchlet bearing leaves and fruit, i; detached nutlets with their involucres, 2; leafy 

 branchlet, 3 ; branchlet in winter, 4. 



129. Trunk of tree at Biltmore, N. C. 



130. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



