HORNBEAM. BLUE OR WATER BEECH. IRON-WOOD. 



L'arpniiis Ccn'ohnicnia Walt. 



Fig-. 128. Branchlet liearing leaves ami fruit, i; detached nutlets with their involucres, 2: leafy 

 branchlet, 3 : branchlet in winter, 4. 



129. Trunk of tree at Biltmore, N. C. 



130. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



