PLATE XXIV. BALSAM FIR. 



1. Branch with needles and staniinate flowers, x J. 

 . Branch with needles and pistillate flowers, x i. 



3. Branch with needles, three cones and one cone axis from which the scales have fallen, x 



4. A cone scale with two winged seeds, natural size. 



5. A winged seed, slightly enlarged. 



6. A seed, enlarged. 



7. Leafless branch with buds, slightly enlarged. 



8. A seedling, x 4. 



