PLATE XXIV. BALSAM FIR. 



1. Branch with needles and staminate flowers, x |. 



2. Branch with needles and pistillate flowers, x i. 



3. Branch with needles, three cones and one cone axis from which the scales have fallen, x J, 



4. A cone scale with two winged seeds, natural size. 



5. A winged seed, slightly enlarged. 



6. A seed, enlarged. 



7. Lecfiess brand, with buds, slightly enlarged. 



8. A seedling, x i. 



