larly denticulate appendix. Female strobili lateral (always ?), 
oblong-ellipsoid, up to } in. long, 33; in. in diameter, purple, 
scales at the base as in the male strobili; carpels (bracts of 
older authors) wide-ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, ;/, in. long, 
obscurely denticulate, ovule-bearing scales ovate-rotundate, 
subdenticulate, twice as long as the carpel (in flower). 
Cones oblong-cylindric, obtuse, 2-34 in, long, over 1 in. in 
diameter, light brown, very slightly shining; scales con- 
tracted at the base, claw obovate or inversely triangular, 
wide-ovate above the claw, obtuse, indistinctly striate 
towards the apex, the lower (larger) up to 2 in. long, about 
4 in. broad. Seed obovoid or broadly cuneate, 75-735 in. 
long, testa pale; wing obliquely obovate-oblong, 4-7/5 in. 
long, very thin (the maxima according to Rehder).— 
Orro Srapr. ; ; 
Fig. 1, leaf; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, carpel and ovuliferous scale from flower; 
5, carpel and scale from fruit; 6, carpel; 7, fruit-scale, seen from within ; 
8, seed :—all enlarged, 
