Explanation of PI. XXXIV. 



Firms brevispica Hayata. 



Fig. 1. A branch with flowers and cones. 



2. A two-leaved branchlet. 



3. Basal portion of the same. 



4. A male flower-bud. 



5. 6. Bracts of the same. 



7. A male flower. 



8. 9. 10. Stamens, seen from different sides. 



11. A cone. 



12. A scale, taken from the middle portion of the cone (n. s.). 



13. A winged seed, (n. s.). 



14. A scale taken from the middle portion of a cone, (neary two 



times). 



15. 16. The same, seen from within, one with seeds, the other 



without seeds. 

 17 A seed, seen from side, (magnified). 



