PLATE LXIX. LAUREL OAK. 



1. Flowering branch with immature leaves, (s) staminate blossoms, (p) pistillate l-lossoms, 



(i) immature acorns, x J. 



2. Branch with mature leaves, immature and mature acorns, x J. 



3. An acorn cup, x J. 



4. An acorn, x j. 



5. Winter twig with buds, lenticel, pentangular pith, and immature acorns, x 4 



6. Section of winter twig, enlarged. 



