SKETCH OF THE CONIFERS OF JAPAK. 



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The pulvini in the young brancblets very much projecting at the 



upper end, and twisted (fig. 100, taken from the front of the twig, 



-and fig. 10 J J from its back), making the young brancblets look as 



if they were surrounded with small pegs (fig. 98). In the older 



branches, the pbyllulte are less conspicuous and prominent, and 



Fig. 98. 



Fig. 99. 



Fig. 100 



Fig. 101. Fig- 102. 



the pulvini Lave become broader without apparently having in- 

 creased in length (fig. lO'^). The colour of the young brauchleti 



