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PLATE CIX. ASH-LEAVED MAPLE, or BOX ELDER. 



1. Branch with immature leaves and stamioate t 



blossoms, X i. I 



2. A drooping raceme of pistillate blossoms, s I. ' 



3. Branch with mature leaves and a raceme of ' 



mature fruit, x h. ' 



4. A key of fruit with exposed seeds, s h ' 



5. A winter twig, x i. 



6. Section of a winter twig showing a gaping 



bud and a leaf-scar with bundle-scars, 

 enlarged. 



7. Diagramatic section of a twig with buds and 



a covering leaf-base, enlarged. 



