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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



about midwinter, are smooth (often sticky when young), usually about 5 to 6 

 inches long, though sometimes nearly a foot long ; mainly opposite on the lower 

 parts of the twigs, but more or less alternate or diagonally opposite toward 



the ends of the slender, willowy stems. The largo, funnel-shaped, violet-odored 

 flowers (fig. 205) are white, faintly tinged with purple, and with bright yellow 

 patches in the throat. Mature fruit pods (fig. 205. a ) , ripe in early autumn, about 



