196 SPRUCE 



and falling as a whole ; cylindroid-fusiform, 10 16 cm. 



Fig. 53. Spruce, Picea excelsa, Lk. 1, shoot with male flowers, and 

 at 12, a Chermes gall ; 2, female cone terminating a shoot ; 3, ripe cone ; 

 4, 5 and 6, cone-scales; 7, seeds; 8, stamens; 9, leaf and its trans- 

 verse section; 10 and 11, seedling, p. 196 (Wi). 



