SCOTS PINE 



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large, 20 22 mm. ; seed-wings small, only 

 projecting about 5 6 mm. beyond the 

 apex of seed, almost truncate. 



Fig. 71. Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris, L. 1, apex of shoot bearing a 

 female flower ; 2, branch with male flowers ; 3, cone ; 4, the same shed- 

 ding seeds ; 5, female flower ; 6, 7, 8, ovular scale with carpellary scale 

 seen from various aspects ; 912, seeds ; 13, male flower ; 14, 15, empty 

 stamens; 16, 17, pollen-grain; 18, seedling; 19, pair of needles ; 20, the 

 same in transverse section (Wi). 



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