PLATE XXXVIII. SHELL-BARK HICKORY. 



1. A flowering branch, x i. 



2. A branch with fruit and a mature leaf, x 4 

 ?,. A nut with part of husk removed, x J. 



4. A nut, x J. 



5. Ciws-section of a nut showing kernel, x i. 



6. A winter twig, x J. 



7. Terminal part of a winter twig, natural si/.o. 



8. Section of a winter twig showing a lateral bud and leaf -scar, enlarged. 



