SWEET GUM. RED GUM. BILSTED. 



LIquidfoiibar !>tiirarifiua L. 



Fig. 262. Branchler with mature leaves and fruit, i ; fruiting head with empty capsules and 

 scattered spurious seeds, 2 ; branch showing corky growth, 3 ; fertile and spurious seeds enlarged 

 about two diameters, 4 ; smooth and corky branchlets in winter, s and 6. 



263. Large trunk, in southeastern Missouri. 



264. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



