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snort, broad at the base, and pointed at the ex- 

 tremity. Scales at the apex tolerablj' elevated and 

 equal-sided, and sometimes of an irregular four- 

 cornered or many-cornered shape ; elevated bands 



\S9f: \ P. oocarpa. 



run from the middle point to the corners, so that the whole apex of the scale 

 looks slightly pvramidal. Cones 2iin. to 2iin. long, and IJin. to8in. 

 broad. (Schlecki.) A tree. Mexico. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introd. 1839, and 

 rather tender in British gardens. 



P. oocarpotdes Benth. Cones distributed by Hort, Soc. in ISll, but whether 

 more than a mere variation of P. oocarpa appears to us very doubtful. 



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