BLUE BEECH. 285 
Plate 30. Carpinus caroiliana, Blue Beech. 
1. Flowering branch, one-half natural size. 2. Scale of staminate cat- 
kin, enlarged. 3. Stamen, enlarged. 4. Scale of pistillate catkin, enlarged. 
5. Pistillate flower with bract and bractlets, enlarged. 6. Fruiting branch, 
one-half natural size. 7. Nut with involucre, one-half natural size. 8. 
Nut, enlarged. 9. Longitudinal section of nut, enlarged. 10. Winter 
branch, one-half natural size. 11. Staminate catkin in winter, enlarged. 
