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The flowers come i.ut before the leaves in March or early April. They may be on separate, or on the same trees. The 

 red-forked tongues of the pistillate flowers soon wither, and the horns of the keys rise. The staminate flowers are yellow. The 

 keys are more or less spreading. They are fuzzy until nearlv ripe. They fall in May or earlier, and must germinate forthwith 

 or they die. The deeply cut leaves are silver-lined 



