or the topmost upcurved ; twigs glabrous, at first 

 greenish, at length grey. Buds ovoid, rather blunt, 

 A in. long, resinous ; scales ovate, acute, long persisting 

 at the bases of the twigs. Leaves persisting for 7-9 years, 

 linear, usually shortly acute, rarely obtuse or subacute, 

 or cuspidate-pungent, |-1 in. long, rarely longer, straight, 

 or more or less curved, thickly coriaceous, dark green 

 above with a slightly sunk midrib, beneath with two 

 broad sunk white lines between the midrib and the 

 edges. Male cones cylindric, blunt, *-f in. long, deep 

 vinous-purple. Female cones solitary or 2-3 together, 

 cylindric, 2-3 in. long, f-* in. thick. Carpels m flower 

 spathulate, denticulate at the sides and tip with a 

 rather marked reflexed or, especially towards the top of 

 the cone, stiffly reflexed cusp. Omdiferous scales m 

 flower as long as the carpels excluding their cusp, much 

 widened from a short broad claw, broader than long, 

 with denticulate edges, thinly rusty velvety at he top. 

 Cones when ripe cylindric, blunt or conical, 5-6 5 m. long, 

 li-2 in thick? brown at times flushed with purple >; ripe 

 scales 4-4 in. long, about 1 in. across, somewhat altered 

 niha/e/and rather longer than the carpela ^xcl^of 

 their cusp. Seeds oblong, tawny V^>"f\£ ^ 

 oblong truncate wing as long as the body of the seed, 

 about I in. long, the wing included. 



Fig, land 2, leaves; 3, carpel and ovuliferous scale; 4, ovuliferous scale 

 ■with seeds ; 5, seed :— all enlarged. 





