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TREES OF MINNESOTA. 



Plate 17. Hicoria minima. Bitternut Hickory. 



1. Flowering branch, one-half natural size. 2. Staminate flower, enlarged. 

 3. Longitudinal section of pistillate flower, enlarged. 4. Fruiting branch, one- 

 half natural size. 5. Cross section of nut, one-half natural size. 6. Longitudi- 

 nal section of nut, one-half natural size. 7. Winter branchlet, one-half natural 

 size. 



