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short, broad at the base, and pointed at the ex- 

 tremity. Scales at the apex tolerably elevated and 

 equal-sided, and sometimes of an irregular four- 

 cornered or many-cornered shape ; elevated bands 



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run from the middle point to the corners, so that the whole apex of the scale 

 looks slightly pyramidal. Cones 2in. to 2^ in. long, and If in. to 2 in. 

 broad. (Schlecht.) A tree. Mexico. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introd. 1839, and 

 rather tender in British gardens. 



P. oocarpmdcs Benth. Cones distributed by Hort. Soc. in 1841, but whether 

 more than a mere variation of P. oocarpa appears to us very doubtful. 



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