KM;. 464. J'i/ius silvestris(% n.it. size). 1, Shoot of unlimited growth hearing short slioots ; at the 

 top the shoot of the current year. At the oasejo the latter are numerous male flowers each in 

 the place of a short shoot, and nearer the tip. brown seal leaves, in the axil of each of which 

 is a short shoot. 2, Similar branch bearing a young female flower at the summit of 'the shoot 

 of the current year, in place of a branch of unlimited growth. Two dependent green cones 

 are borne on the shoot of.the preceding-vear. 3. Cone of thejyear before last, opened to allow 

 of the escape of the seeds. .',, A microsporophyll. f, Macrosporophyll from the adaxial side 

 showing the ovuliferous scale with the two ovules at the base. C, Macrosporophyll from the 

 abaxial side showing the small bract-scale below the large ovuliferous scale. 7, Ripe seed with 

 its wing derived from the superficial layers of the ovuliferous scale, (x 4-7.) OFFICIAL. 



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