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destitute of branches about two thirds of its height. The bark is uncommonly 

 smooth for such large timber, of a Hght brown colour on the south, and 

 bleached on the north, side. The branches are pendulous, and form an open 

 pyramidal head, with that appearance which is peculiar to the A^b'ies tribe. Tlic 

 leaves are between 4 in. and 5 in. long, and grow in fives, with short deciduous 

 sheaths, like those of P. ^trobus : they are rigid, of a bright green colour, but 

 not glossy, and, from minute denticulations of the margin, are scabrous to the 

 touch. The cones are pendulous from the extremities of the branches : they 



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