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opposite sides only of the branches. Many of the loaves are brought into this 

 position by a twisting of their bases (fig. 41). Leaves of the lower crown are 

 from \\ to about 2{ inches long. Leaves of the uppermost branches are often 

 notched, also, but are usually all more or less crowded together, pointing up- 

 ward, on the top of the sprays, while the scattered leaves of the leader are 

 sharp or keenly pointed. Leaves of the upper part of the crown are about I 



FlG. 41. Abies grandia, middle ciown branch. 



inch or 1 | inches long. All leaves are conspicuously white on their under sur- 

 faces. Mature buds are covered with resin, and the twigs of the season are 

 pale russet brown and minutely hairy. The cones mature in early fall, and with 

 their clear, light yellow-green color and slender, cylindrical form are very 

 characteristic (tig. 41' i. They are about 2£ to 4J inches long and about 1 to 

 1J inches in diameter. The bracts adhering to the backs of the cone-scales are 



