35 4f 



SKETCH OJ? THE OO^D^E'feS UP JxiPAK. 



subfalcate, roufl(?ed or more 9f less emarginate at the apex so as to 

 be bi-cuspid, above glalffduS afid dark green, without stomata below, 

 with a strong smooth mid-rib sloping on each side to a smooth 

 margin, which is slightly thickened, but not so prominent as the 

 mid rib, on each side of which is a silvery space containing from 1^ 

 to 15 rows of stomata (fig. 68). Male catkins (fig. 69) numerous, 



Fig. 69. 



Fig. 70. 



cylindrical, many-flowered, lateral, proceeding out of scaled buds 

 from the axillae of the leaves of the previous year, stalked, the 

 stalk cylindrical, straight, at length extending beyond the scales 

 (fig. 70) ; stamens at first closely imbricated upon each other, 

 afterwards at a greater distance from each other, spreading out 

 horizontally ; filaments glabrous with a very short, hard append- 

 age ; anthers bilocular, gaping in-egularly transversely behind, of 

 a Sulphur-yellow colour (fig. 71). Female catkins lateral, solitary, 



from axillary buds, densely clothed with scales! 



