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De I. VNER VEW D Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope

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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 59<br />

20, 21) are mature by <strong>the</strong> middle or end <strong>of</strong> August <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> second season. They<br />

remain strongly attached to <strong>the</strong> branches and closed for from six to ten oiu<br />

more years; cut from <strong>the</strong> trees and dried in <strong>the</strong> sun, <strong>the</strong>y open readily. The<br />

FIG. 19.-Pinus radiata.<br />

tips <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cone scales are smooth, shiny, and a dark russet-brown, <strong>the</strong> inner<br />

portions being dark purple. The seeds (fig. 21, a), with <strong>the</strong>ir jet-blackl pimpled<br />

shells, are readily recognized. Seed leaves commonly 5 to 6; occasionally 7.

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