I Fruit and leaf 2 Fruit j Section of Iruit 4 Seeds 5 Seed on scale 6 Upper side of scale 7 Under side of scale 8 FlowerldSi 



9 Flowering branch : A, Sterile or staminate flower ; B, Fertile or pistillate flower 10 Bark and wood 



THE YELLOW BIRCH (Betula lutea) 



(Upper.) A flowering twig in early April. Staminate catkins pendulous at tip. Pistillate catkins smaller, solitary, erect, latjal.: 

 (Lower.) Leaf, cones, 3-lobed cone-scales and heart-shaped, winged seeds, ripe in autumn. Twig with staminate caijnP: 

 half grown and sealed up for winter I J' 



