11 



The cone here figured is scarcely half grown whi.I, M P 

 procuring an entire full grown coL ■ thri ,f '^*™" ^"'^ '"''"-d t<>f-ke,from the great difficulty of 



birds and other annals The Zl'fl flT" "' '" '"" '" ^'""^ "■''™ "P^' ^^ '° •>« ''— J^y 

 at Kew , they were raited Zl^ h 1 ." ^'""' "' "" ™™"-^' ''^^ ^^"^ »"*--" '" *'^ 1^°^^' S-^e^ 

 .-ound is J 1 . JS: a:r::r tTr^. "^- "--^- «- °^- -- -- P-- ™ - -n 



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^^t^ 



s. 



r-' 



."S 



'^ / 



a- 



A. 

 B. 

 C. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 4. 



Branch of the female tree. 



Branch of the male tree terminated by a ripe catkin. 



Portion of a branch terminated by a cone. 



Male catkins. 



A 



*. 



0, D. 



E. Section of a young male catkin. 



P, F, F. Young- anthers. 



Ripe anthers. 



Foliaceous appendage of the nut 

 Ovaries. 



_ r 



Nut terminated by its leafy appendage. 

 Kernel. 



G, G. 



H. 



I. 



J. 



K. 



'■\ 



xH ,b 1 



- 1 



'" 1 



_^ 1 



X » 



* ^ 



^^ 



