814 ON THE SYNONYMY OF VARIOUS CONIFERS. 
peduneulate; the stalk about one-third of its length, then expanded into а 
somewhat rounded plate with slightly jagged edges, from which я Mae 
sharp point projects (see fig. 14 and No. 4 in comparative table ч 
magnified bracts), The seed is rather more than half an inch in length, 
including the wing, which is unusually thick and opaque, and nearly т 
broad as it is long, rounded in front, and with a straight back (see No. 
in comparative table of seeds). : "A 
We are much puzzled as to this species. If the specimen at Kew 1 
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Fig. 13,—A. lasiocarpa, 
jeter side of leaf. 
Fig. 12.— A.  lasiocarpa 
(Hook.), upper side of leaf 
| at tip. 
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Fig. 10.—A. lasio- Fig. 10g, —A Fig, 11.—A, lasiocarpa Fig. 14. —A. lasiocarpa 
carpa (Hooker). 
lasiocarpa (Hook.), occasional (Hook: ), scale of. ; 
(Hook.) mag- emargination of tip 
nified twice, of leaf. 
-grown bract of Balfour's lasiocarpa, as 
shown in No, 2 of comparative table of bracts, Sir William Hooker's no 
as to its locality is that it is from North-West America, 
1853.—АвтЕз LASIOCARPA AND AMABILIS. 
tion of the specimens shows that it was 409, th M" 
ciently recognisable from the specimens of it corresponding with other 
bearing that number supplied at the time to Kew. It was probable from this 
