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greyish, ultimately breaking up into scales. Young shoots grey 

 with scattered, short, erect hairs. Winter buds small, ovoid, 

 non-resinous, composed of a few scales which are rounded at the 

 apex. Leaves arranged in two opposite sets, the lower ones 



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Fig. 24.— ABIES PECTINATA. 



a, upper side of spray ; 6, non-resinov s winter buds ; c, under-surface of leaves and shoot ; d, section 

 of leaf, sliowing marginal resin canals ; ?, cone-scale with bract recurved at the tip ; /, seed. 



spreading horizontally, the upper ones often more or less erect on 

 the branchlet and about half the length of the lower with a more or 

 less distinct parting between them ; |-1 in. long, i\j-ily in. broad, 

 blunt and shallowly notched at the apex, dark shining green and 

 grooved above with two white bands of stomata below ; resin 



