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some aments the rachis ends in a leafy shoot. One examined had 
three leaves, one of them small and rudimentary, two being lobed and 
toothed, the blade 8™ long by 2 or 3™™ wide, on petioles 3 or 4™™ long 
(fg. 7, a). Another ament was found 15™" long, branched near the 
top, one branch bearing transformed stamens, the other with a leaf 
similar to the above but slightly larger.—E. J. HIL1, Chicago. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES V, VI. 
PLATE V, Quercus coccinea X palustris. 
Fig. 1. Flowering branch, natural size. 
2. Pistillate flower. * 6. 
3. Staminate flower. X 6. 
Fic. 4. Leaf, natural size. 
5. Acorns, natural size. 
PLATE VI, Teratological form. 
Fic. 1, Flowering branch, natural size. 
2. Portion of ament. X 6. 
Fic. 3. Flower. < 12, 
4. Leaf, reduced one-half, 
