BALSAM FIR. 



Ahies halsamea (L.) JVIill. 



Fig. 37- Branchlet with mature closed cone bearing beads of pitch, i ; section of upper main 

 stem of tree, with branchlet bearing disintegrating cones, and scattered scales and seeds, 2 (Note 

 the very small bract) ; detached closed cones, 3 ; sterile branchlets, 4 ; leafless branchlet magnified, 5. 



38. Trunk showing blisters and trickling free pitch, above. 



39. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



