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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



that of old trunks is about 1\ to U inches thick, hard, and deeply furrowed; 

 the ridges are wide, flat, and irregularly connected with one another by nar- 

 rower cross-ridges; it is dark russet-brown, tinged with red. The foliage is 



deep, glossy, and yellow-green, and clothes the branchlets thickly, but the small 

 size of the leaves gives it a thin appearance. The leaves (fig. 34) appear to 

 ««w mainlv from two opposite sides of the branchlets — a sort of comb-like ar- 

 rangement. They are flat, grooved above, have a rounded end, and a distinct 



