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SKETCH OF THE CONIFEKS OF JAPAN". 



CemLra foliis quinis, vaginarum elongatarum squamis interi- 

 oribus linearibus flaccide patentibas integerrimls, strobilis ovato 

 cylindricis squamis cuneatis, apopliysi dimijiiata late rbombea 

 obtusissima margine undulate recurva, umbone obsolete. 



Habitat in Koraia, necnon iu Ivamschatlia et in insula Kora- 

 ginsk, Colitur in hortis Japoniae. ' 



A low-growing tree, of the height of 10 to 12 feet. The 

 brancblets cinereous-brown, the young ones partially pubescent. 

 Buds surrounded by scales, of which the exterior and basal are 

 rounded, the interior and terminal long and filamentous (fig. 2). 



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Fig. 2. 



rig. 4. 



Fi?.3 



Yiz. 5. 



The secondary leaf-bearing buds linear oblong, composed of 8 or 

 10 scales, of which the exterior are short and obovute, the In- 

 terior elongate linear, membranaceous, si)reading loosely, all per- 

 fectly entire, tender, dry, pale brownish, falling off long before 



