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Hornbeam (Carpi-mis beiulus}.- Male and female catkins 

 separate, greenish, male pendulous from axillary buds, 

 female usually terminal. Fruit a nut attached to a three- 

 lobed persistent bract serving for wind distribution. 

 Leaves alternate, ovate, pointed, serrate. Bark smooth, 

 grey. 



Fig. 146. The Horse-chestnutleaf, flowers, and fruit 



Fig. 147. The Hornbeam, with cluster of fruits. 



Fig. 148. The Lime leaves and 

 flowers. 



Lime (Tiliavulgaris). Flowers small, bisexual, yellowish 

 green, in umbel-like clusters, attached to middle of the 

 surface of a long bract which serves in the distribution of 



