THE BALSAM FIR {.Ihies bahamca) 

 The leaves persist for eight years. Hence the twigs are covered. The blunt leaves are 2-ranked by the twisting 

 of their bases. The lower figure shows leaves all around the twigs. It is so on fertile shoots. This picture also 

 shows young, leafy shoots coming out below. A pistillate cone-flower is held erect 



