BEECH. 



Fagus Americana Sweet.^ 



Fig. 150. Fruiting branchlet with mature fruit, i; leafy branchlet, 2; open involucre, 3; nuts 

 from same, 4 ; branchlet in winter, 5. 



151. Trunk of tree on bank of Black River, Lewis Co., N. Y. 



152. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



