Fig. 280. I'hiits cuntorta: tip of lakTal branch showiiiK staminalo cones just ready 

 to shed their pollen ; an ovulate cone ready for pollination at the tip of the branch; ovulate 

 cone a year older, a lit t le farther down ; and, near the bottom, an ovulate cone two years 

 older. Puget Sound Biological Station, Friday Harbor, Washington; June 20, 1929. 



