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THE BALSAM FIR (Jbies habamea) 



The leaves persist for eight years. Hence the twigs are covered. The blunt leaves are 2-ranked by the twis 

 of their bases. The lower figure shows leaves all around the twigs. It is so on fertile shoots. This picture , 

 shows young, leafy shoots coming out below. A pistillate cone-flower is held erect 



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