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shaped, but somewhat four-sided, growing singly from all 

 sides of the branches (not grouped in bundles, and not, to 

 any extent, clustered at the ends of the branches), but tend- 

 ing to arrange themselves in two straggling rows, on either 

 side of the branches. (See Fig. 38.) 



The Hemlock. Distinguished by its short (half-inch), 

 flat leaves, silvery beneath, with short leaf-stems, arranged 

 on opposite sides of branches, making the leaves appear 

 two-ranked, and giving the branches a blade-like appear- 

 ance. (See Fig. 39). 



