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a larch. Habit remarkably distinct, the narrow crown ending 

 in a spike like point which bears short, upcurving branches. 

 Lower branches with a downward tendency ; branchlets pendulous, 

 slender, and whip-like, 6-8 ft. long and about the thickness of a 



Fig. lO.—PICEA BREWERIANA. 



a, spray from above, b from side ; 'c, winter bud ; d, under-side of shoot and leaf ; e, section of 

 leaf, showing two resin canals. 



lead pencil. Buds dome-shaped, obtuse, about ^ in, long. Young 

 shoots with greyish hairs. Leaves flattened, spreading all round 

 the shoot, about 1-1| in. long, convex on both surfaces, blunt 

 or slightly pointed ; dorsal surface dark shining green, ventral 

 surface with lines of stomata on each side of the midi'ib. Cones 



