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Fig. 25-i.— White Birch {BtUila alba, Birch Family, Betutacea^). 1, flowering 

 branch. 2, fruiting brunch. 3-6, staniinate flowers. *6, stamen. 

 7, part of pistillate flower-cluster. S, group of pistillate flowers, outer 

 view. 9, same, inner view. 10, bracts. 11, 12, the same as ripened 

 in the cone. 13, fruit. 14, winter twig. 15, a three-year-old twig, cut 

 across. (Willkomm.)~Trec growing 24 m. tall; bark white; leaves 

 and young twigs resinous; flowers yellowish; fruit brown. Native 

 home, Eurasia. 



