DOUGLAS FIR 



317 



upwards, less pseudo-distichous, and with fainter stomatal 

 lines than in Abies. Persisting 6 7 years, equal, twisted 

 into 3 4 ranks, narrow-linear, flat, 2 4 cm. x 1*5 mm., 

 obtuse or mucronate, bright shining green with an obscure 

 median line above, paler with two silvery stomatal bands 



Fig. 123. Spruce, Picea excelsa, p. 316 (Wi). 



