PLATE LII. BEECH. 



1. Branch with staminate and pistillate fiowers and inunaHiiu h-aves. x *. 



2. A staminate finwer, enlarged. 



3. A pistillate flcwer. enlarged. 



4. A branch with mature leaves and three fruits, x 4 



5. A seed, natural size. ■ , . , i 



6. A winter branrh with long, slender, and sharp pointed buds x i. . . , , , ^.,. .^ ^i ...ni. 



7. Terminal section of a winter branch with long, slender, and sharp (wmte^l Im.I c*.xerf*l «ilii 



many overlapping scales, slightly enlarged. 



