PLATE IX 



A. Seed. Color: dark brown, shiny on one side side next to cone and a greyish 



brown on other side. Wings dark brown. 

 Size: 1-1.5 cm. long, 1-1.2 cm. wide. Very thick, oblong to triangular 



shape. Wings 1.5-1.8 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide. Widest at top with 



very slightly rounded top. 

 Weight: 2,370 per pound. 



B. Germinated seed just as seed-coat pushes above ground, showing deep root 



developed. 



C. and D. Seedlings one year old. Well developed root systems. Cotyledons 



3.5-4 cm. long. Green, 1216 in number, tapering point. Stem 

 reddish green. True leaves in bundles of 5 do not appear until second 



PLATE X 



A. Seed. Color: brown to deep reddish brown. Wings pale brown merging to a 



reddish brown where wing is attached to seed. 

 Size: 2 mm. wide, 5 mm. long, triangular shaped. Wing 5-6 mm. wide at 



widest part near top. 1 cm. long. About equal width throughout with 



broad rounded apex. 

 Weight: 260,000 per pound. 



B. Seedlings as they appear above ground. Hypocotyl reddish tinge. Cotyledons 



pale green. 



C. Seedlings with cotyledons. Cotyledons 4-5 mm. long, linear with short tapering 



points. Midrib not as distinctive as in Tsuga heterophylla. 3-5 in 

 number, usually 3 or 4. 



D. Seedling one year old. 



PLATE XI 



A. Seed. Dry. Color: brown with lighter brown wings. 



Size: 3 mm. long, narrow; wings 4 mm. long and 3 mm. wide including wings. 



Wings usually unequal, forming obcordate apex with seed. 

 Weight: 220,000 per pound. 



B. Seedling with cotyledons. Hypocotyl pale pink color; cotyledons linear 6 mm. 



long, green, two in number. 



C. Seedling one year old. 



D. Seedling three years old. First true leaves forming. This shows that it takes 



the seedling a long time to establish itself and that it must have favor- 

 able conditions for more than one season. 



