PINACE.E 



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diameter ; scales 6-10, bearing in the centre a short rounded 

 or mucronate process. Seeds 10-12 on each scale, variable in 

 size and colour, ^-\ in. long, brown and shming, marked with 

 resin vesicles and winged ; or smaller, u)-\ in. long, and blackish. 

 Three well-marked varieties occur : — 



Var. attenuata, Carriere. 



Branchlet systems more loosely arranged than in the type, 

 the ultimate divisions very slender. 



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Fig 39.^CUPRESSUS GOVENIANA. 

 a, spray with three female cones ; 6, spray with three male cones ; c, branchlet ; d, seeds. 



Var. pendula, Carriere. 



A shrub with long, pendulous branchlets, the leaves often 

 spreading and sharp-pointed ; probably a transition form between 

 the juvenile and adult stages. 



