28 Pinaceae 



apex to the base, about 3 times as long as 

 the bracts. 



This tree the Balsam of the region is found 

 throughout on the higher mountain slopes 

 and summits, frequently forming the timber 

 line in which case it is shrub-like and stunted. 



A magnificent tree 80-100 feet 

 Pseudotsuga high> with a tnmk 2 _ 3 feet {n 



macronata , t i 



(Raf) diameter, or frequently larger, 



Sudw. with slender crowded branches 



Douglas and long pendulous lateral ones 



Spruce, forming, while the tree is young, 



Red Fir. 



an open pyramid, soon decidu- 

 ous from the trees crowded in the forest and 

 leaving the bare trunk naked for f of its 

 height and surmounted by a comparatively 

 small, narrow head; bark on the young trees, 

 smooth, dark gray-brown and lustrous, on 

 the old trunks several inches thick, divided 

 into oblong plates broken into irregularly 

 connected ridges; leaves crowded, yellowish- 

 green, straight or slightly curved, narrow, 

 f-ij inches long, obtuse or acute at the 



