PLATE XXXVIII. SHELL-BARK HICKORY. 



1. A flowering branch, x i. 



2. A branch with fruit and a mature loaf, x i 



3. A. nut with part of husk removed, x i. 



4. A nut, X i. 



5. Cro^s-section of a nut showing koruel, x i. 



6. A winter twig, x J. 



7. Terminal part of a winter twig, natural size. 



8. Section of a winter twig showing a lateral bud and loaf-scar, enlarged. 



