PLATE LXXII. AMERICAN ELM. 



1. Flowering branch with leaf buds, x 5. 



2. A flower, enlarged. 



Branch with mature fruit, immature leaves and an expanding bud. x i 



4. Branch with mature leaves, x i 



5. Winter twig with (f) flower buds, and (1) leaf buds, x J. 



6. A leaf-scar with bundle-scars, enlarged. 



7. Section of a winter twig with a slightly pubescent bud, enlarged. 



