BEECH. 



Fa gas Americana Sweet. ^ 



Fig. 150. Fruiting branchlet with mature fruit, i ; leafy branchlet, 

 from same, 4 ; branchlet in winter, 5. 



151. Trunk of tree on bank of Black River, Lewis Co., N. Y. 



152. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



open involucre, 



