BEECH. 



Fagus Americana Sweet. 



Fig. ISO. Fruiting branchlet with mature fruit, i : leafy branchlet. 

 from same, 4 ; branchlet in winter, 5. 



151. Trunk of tree on Ijank of Black River, Lewis Co., N. Y. 



152. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



open involucre, 3 : nuts 



