EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate DLXXV. Pintjs attenuata. 



1. A branch with staminate flowers, natural size. 



2. A staminate flower, enlarged. 



3. A bract of a staminate flower, enlarged. 



4. Diagram of the involucre of the staminate flower. 



5. An anther, front view, enlarged. 



6. An anther, side view, enlarged. 



7. A branch with pistillate flowers, natural size. 



8. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 



9. A scale of a pistillate flower, upper side, with its ovules, enlarged. 



10. A scale of a pistillate flower, lower side, with its bract, enlarged. 



11. A cone one year old, natural size. 



12. Tip of a leaf, enlarged. 



13. Cross section of a leaf, magnified fifteen diameters. 



Plate DLXXVI. Pinus attenuata. 



1. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



2. A scale from the inner side of a cone, side view, natural size. 



3. A cone-scale, upper side, with its seeds, natural size. 



4. A seed, natural size. 



5. A scale from the outer side of a cone, side view, natural size. 



6. Vertical section of a seed, enlarged. 



7. An embryo, enlarged. 



