CATKIN-BEARING TREES 



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The flowers are in male and female catkins, both on the 

 same tree, and appear with the leaves in April or May. 

 The male catkins (Fig. 194, 3) arise either in the axils of the 



cu. 



Fig. 194. Oak. 1, winter twig ; 2, leafy shoot ; 3, male catkins > 

 4, male flower ; 5, female flower ; 6, vertical section of female 

 flower ; 7, diagram of female flower ; cu, cupule ; d.b, dormant 

 buds ; sc, scale-scars. 



lower leaves or lower on the shoot from buds of the previous 

 year. They are long, pendulous, and lax, with the flowers 

 arranged in groups on the slender axis. Each flower has 

 a perianth with six fringed lobes and from four to twelve 



