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A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



Branches horizontal or erect ; branchlets horizontal, stout, 

 flattened. Terminal buds of main shoots distinct and pointed, 

 covered by leaves, those of lateral shoots smaller and rounded. 

 Leaves on the main axis rounded or short-pointed, only sUghtly 



Fig. no.— thuya DOLABRATA. 



a, spray with young female cone ; b, under-side of branchlet ; c, male cone ; d, stamen ; e, expanded 

 female cone ; /, cone-scale with four erect ovules ; g, seeds. 



larger than those of lateral branches, broader in comparison to 

 length than in any other species, those of the upper and lower ranks 

 pressed more closely to the branch and smaller than the side ranks ; 

 shining dark green above, all except the upper rank hollowed 



