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then be seen of them ; but throughout the winter they lengthen, 
their scales loosen, and in February they are a couple of inches 
long, pliant, and yellow with the abundant pollen which blows out 
of them as they swing. 1 he female flowers are by no means con- 
spicuous, and have to be looked for. They will be found in the 
Hazel. 
A, female flowers ; B, male flowers. 
form of swollen buds on the upper parts of the shoots and branches, 
from which issue some fine crimson threads. These are the styles 
and stigmas, and on dissection of the budlike head, each pair 
of styles will be seen to spring from a two-celled ovary nestling 
between the bracts or scales of w'hich the head is composed. It 
