sisting for ten seasons; those of the lower branches 
lanceolate-linear, nearly flat, obtuse, 3-14 in. long, under 
as in. wide, the lateral ones ascending from a nearly 
horizontal base, the facial ones erect or curved through- 
out their length ; those of the upper branches and of the 
fertile twigs stouter, linear, somewhat rhomboid or 
tetragonal in cross-section, callous and acute or subacute 
at the tip, 1-1} in. long, at the base shortly curved, then 
erect, densely clustered ; those of the terminal branches 
3 in. long, acutely acuminate, curved till their tips touch 
the branch; all glaucous or glaucous-green, beset with 
rows of stomata on both sides. Male cones oblong- 
cylindric, 3-$ in. long, reddish-purple. Female cones 
oblong, about 14 in. long, nearly 1 in. thick. Carpels 
when flowering elliptic or obovate-elliptic, denticulate, 
the midrib produced in a mucro; ovule-bearing scales 
wide ovate, in flower much shorter than the carpels. 
Mature cones oblong-cylindric, truncate or rounded at the 
apex, 6-9 in. long, 23-34 in. wide, from tawny-purple 
to blackish; ripe scales wide cuneate, larger than and 
hiding the very slightly altered carpels, about 1} in. wide. 
Seed obliquely oblong, 2-3 in. long, wing oblique-obovate, 
rather longer than the body of the seed, pale tawny- 
purple or almost rose-coloured. 
Fig. 1, a leaf; 2, transverse section of a leaf; 3, scale and bract; 4, scale; 
5 and 6, seeds :—all enlarged except 8, which is of natural size, 
