CHINQUAPm. 



Castenea piDnila (L.) Hill. 



Fig. 156. Fruiting branchlet, 1; involucres opening and liberating each its solitary nut, 2; 

 liberated nuts, 3 ; branchlet in winter showing leaf-buds and prominent scars, where fruit clusters 

 were borne the season before, 4. 



157. Trunks of trees near Suffolk, Va. 



