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The Silver Fir. 



168. Abiespectinafa: The Silver Fir. 1. A twig, with staminate catkins. 2. The pis- 

 tilate llowers. 3, 4. Scales of the p'stilate flower, with the two seeds still mi- 

 nute on the inner side. 5 (and the figure above). The seed scale separate 

 the two sides, us shown in the preceding figures. (>, 7. Staminate catkins as a 

 bud, and fully open, and of twice the natural size. 8. Anthers. 9. 'Leaf of 

 twice the natural size. 10. Transverse section of the leaf, also magnified. 

 11. Germ of a young plant. 12. Germ-bud, of the latter, with the leaves re- 

 moved, greatly enlarged. 



