26 Nr. 2. C. H. OSTENFELD and C. SYRACH LARSEN: 
Its cone is 2,5—3,5 cms. in length, and the open form 
with the long, visible bracts, which are straight or only 
slightly recurved, make it easily recognisable. The scales 
Fig. 5. L. occidentalis Nutt. Branch and cone from Montana, Glacier 
National Park, Lake Mac Donald, ca. 1000 m (leg. I. G. Jack, Sept. 1921). 
(Nat. size, left wet, right dry, the same branch). 
are thin, and their free tips are straight, or slightly recur- 
ved. The basal portion of the outer side is finely pilose. 
The female inflorescence are deep red with green mid-rib 
and mucro (U. S. Nat. Herb.), and the male flowers 
are rather long. The young shoots are brown and pilose, 
becoming smooth at a later period, the leaves 2,5—4,5 cms. 
long; they are green, and not blueish-green. Vigorous 
