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the same tree. Cones erect on the branches, ripening in the first 

 year ; scales and bracts persistent. Seed as in Abies, 2 to each 

 scale, with a prominent hatchet-shaped wing. 



Fig. G2.—KETELEERIA DAVIDIANA. 



a, spray ; 6, winter bud and under leaf-surface, showing bands of stoniata ; c, section of leaf, showing 

 small marginal resin-canals ; d, e, blunt leaves of mature foliage, upper and under surface. 



The genus is closely alHed to Abies, differing chiefly in the 

 clustered male flowers, the persistent cone-scales, and the pecuHar 

 buds and young foHage. 



