ANALYTICAL DRAWINGS OF CATKIN-BEARING 
TREES — continued. 
also enlarged, showing bract, stalked ovary, and nectary. The third is a fruit 
splitting from above into recurved valves, disclosing the hairy seeds : the fourth 
represents two seeds with the coma of hairs springing from their bases ; and the 
fifth, a cross section of the ovary showing ovules attached to two placentas. 
The second row of figures represents Myrica Gale L., Fig. i being a male 
spike ; Fig. 2, the same enlarged ; Fig. 3, a female flower magnified ; Fig. 4, 
a staminate one, also magnified ; Fig. 5, a fruit, the resinous glands showing 
through its bracts ; and Fig. 6, the same in longitudinal section, showing the 
erect basal seed in the inferior ovary. 
The third row of figures is the Hornbeam. The first figure is one of the long 
female catkins with the terminal crimson stigmas, natural size ; Fig. 2 is a 
staminate catkin with larger scales than those of Hazel ; Fig. 3 is a single 
catkin-scale enlarged, with stamens ; Fig. 4, a scale with one female flower ; 
Fig. 5, one of the bifurcate stamens ; Fig. 6, one of the trilobed fruiting scales 
formed by the cohesion of three bracteoles, natural size, with a nut showing the 
superior perianth and styles ; and Fig. 7, the nut in longitudinal section. 
In line four, representing the Hazel, Fig. 1 is a male catkin ; Fig. 2, a 
female one, natural size ; Fig. 3, the same enlarged ; Fig. 4, one of its bracts, 
still more magnified, with a flower in its axil ; Fig. 5, a staminate flower ; Fig. 6, 
a catkin-scale with bracteoles ; Fig. 7, a cross section of the two-chambered 
ovary ; and Fig. 8, a ripe nut in its leafy cupule. This last is of natural size. 
Line five is the Birch, Fig. 1 showing the smaller (female) and the larger 
(male) catkin on the same branch ; Fig. 2, a group of three diandrous flowers ; 
Fig. 3, a scale of the female catkin with two bracteoles and three flowers ; Fig. 4, 
a scale of the staminate catkin, with two scales or “ sepals,” seen from the outside 
and magnified ; and Fig. 5, one of the winged fruits enlarged. 
Line six represents the Alder, Fig. 1 being a staminate catkin ; Fig. 2, three 
of the four sepals of a flower, with superposed stamens ; Fig. 3, a scale of a female 
catkin or “cone,” with its two flowers and their bracteoles ; Fig. 4, a ripe “ cone ” ; 
Fig. 5, the same as seen in section ; and Fig. 6, a cross section of the young ovary. 
The seventh row of figures is the Beech. Of these, Fig. 1 shows, natural 
size, a pendulous head of staminate flowers and the erect female catkin on the same 
branch ; Fig. 2 is an enlarged male, and Fig. 3, a female, flower ; Fig. 4 shows 
the triangular nut ; Fig. 5, the same in longitudinal section, when young ; and 
Fig. 6, the same in transverse section, when ripe, both somewhat enlarged. 
The lowest line of figures on the Plate represents the Oak, Fig. 1 being a 
male, and Fig. 2, a female, flower, and Fig. 3, the latter in longitudinal section, 
all enlarged ; whilst Fig. 4 is an acorn, and Fig. 5, the longitudinal section of a 
seed, both natural size. 
