SKETCH OF THE CONIFERS OF JAPAST. 



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obtuse, formed of small lanceolated sbarp membraneous dr}' 

 ciliated scales, separated from each otlier after the development 



Fig. 13, Funis pfirviflora. 



of the bud, finally falling off near their base. The secondary leaf- 

 bearing buds oblong, composed of from 8 to 10 oblong-ovate 

 obtuse memhvaneons drj- scales, forming, after the first growth 

 a very short cylindri^ar tube or sheath encircling the base of 

 the leaves (fig. 'l 4). The leaves in each fascicle five (fig. 1 5), the 

 fascicles very clcselv approximating each other (fig. iGj, persistent 

 for three rears, shoVt, stiff, for the most part somewhat arched or 

 twisted, shortly acute, trigotial, no stomata on the back (fig. 1 0' 



