the tips of the twigs, almost globose, green, J-J in. long; 

 lower scales barren, the others bearing ovules, triangular- 

 ovate, mucronate, attached by a wide base, thick, each 

 with a solitary ovule, sunk in a depression somewhat 

 above the base; ovule almost surrounded by a free 

 envelope. Fruit fleshy, globose, muricate, composed of 

 scales which are connate except at their free hardened 

 tips, over £ in. across, ultimately dehiscing between the 

 scales. Seeds about 6 to each cone, rounded-ovate, 

 compressed, 2-marginate, £ in. long. 



Fig. 1, leaf; 2, male catkin; 3, anther; 4, part of female cone; 5, ovule 

 with the free margins of the epimatium turned back ; 6, ovule with one half of 

 the integument removed, showing in the centre the nucellus with its s'tigma- 

 hke prolongation ; 7, fruit; 8, seed:— all enlarged except 7, which is of natural 

 size. J 



