PLATE XXIV. BALSAM FIR. 



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



2. Branch with needles and pistillate flowers, x J. 



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



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



5. A winged seed, slightly enlarged, 



6. A seed, enlarged. 



7. Leafless brand, with buds, slightly enlarged. 



8. A seedling, x 5. 



