PLATE XXXVI. BUTTERNUT. 



1. Branch with one-half developed leaves, (s) 



3 unbranched catkins of staminate flowers, 

 and (p) a cluster of pistillate flowers, 

 x J. 



2. A mature leaflet, x i. 



3. A staminate flower, slightly enlarged. 



4. A pistillate flower, slightly enlarged. 



5. A cluster of mature fruit, x J. 



6. A winter twig showing buds, lenticels, leaf- 



scars, and pith, x J. 



7. Longitudinal section of twig showing cham- 



bered pith, slightly enlarged. 



8. Section of winter branch showing leaf-scars, 



hairy fringe above leaf-scars and superposed 

 buds, slightly enlarged. 



9. A nut with husk removed, x J. 



10. A terminal bud, natural size. 



11. A terminal bud (broad-side view), natural 



size. 



12. Section of a branch showing superposed lat- 



eral flower buds, enlarged. 



