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PLATE LXIX. LAUREL OAK. 



1. Flowering branoU with immature leasees, (s) staojioate blossoms, (p) i)it>ti)late l'lossi;rns 



fij immature acorns, x i. 



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



3. An acorn cup, x J. 



4. An acorn, x h. 



B. WintfT twig with buds, lenticel.-., pentangular pith, and itnmatiiri- iirorn-!. " h 

 6. Spi-tiun of \vinter twig, enlarged. 



