PLATE LXXXIII. 



1 A flowering branch showing immature leaves, | 

 (s) staminate flowers, (p) pistillate flowers, 



2. A branch with mature leaves, x i. I 



3. A spherical fruit, x i. I 



SWEET GUM. 



4. A winter twig, x i. 



5. Section of a winter twig, enlarged. 



6. Section of a branch with corky projections, 



X i. 



