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a branch bearing immature staminate flowers. However, it is 
poorly executed that Bs is pian to make out any details 
regarding the flowers. f the staminate 
flowers has appeared in the works written at the larger her'| rbaria 
id 
authors either ignored them or referred to them in a single word 
ervations made evidently on the original plate of Hans 
om the material at hand the staminate flowers may be 
described thus: Staminate Howse pee in pines spreading 
solitary or clustered finely f mote, or contigu- 
ous on the distal part of part of the ene in aments often 
0. esi ctly d 
in anthesis loosely clustered, forming a globose head about 
i tn aye bo hemi 
e are g 8. s 
oval, aes 1.5 millimeter: oe a ingly a — especially 
n 
recurved, unequal, the smaller 3-4 millimeters long, the larger 
