Common Beech
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“Fagus sylvatica; 1. male catkins; 2. female do.; 3. the latter, with the scales of the involucre stripped off to show the ovaries at the apex; 4. a male flower; 5. a half-grown male with the involucre, now consisting of consolidated scales, forced back; 6. a ripe involucre opening and exposing the nuts; 7. a transverse section of a ripe nut; 8. the same of a young ovary.” -Lindley, 1853
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female, scales, Botany, plant, plants, apex, Ovaries, common beech, beech tree, European beech, Fagus sylvatica, male catkins, involucre, tree nuts, tree nutGalleries
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Lindley, John The Vegetable Kingdom (London, England: Bradbury & Evans, 1853)
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