CHESTNUT. 



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Plate 30. Castanea dentata. Chestnut. 



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

 3. Diagram of pistillate flower cluster. 4. Pistillate flower, enlarged. 5. Longir 

 tudinal section of involucre of pistillate flowers. 6. Portion of fruiting branch, 

 one-half natural size. 7. Longitudinal section of fruit, one-half natural size. 8. 

 Involucral spine. 9. End of young branchlet. 



