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

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13U FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE.<br />

<strong>the</strong> upper branch leaves, which are five-eighths to three-fourths <strong>of</strong> an inch<br />

long. The short, eurved, densely massed, stiff leaves <strong>of</strong> this tree are particularly<br />

distinctive, and wholly unlike in <strong>the</strong>se features those <strong>of</strong> any o<strong>the</strong>r Ameri-<br />

a,<br />

FIG. 51.-Abies aobilis, slightly reduced; original 7' inches long: a, seed.<br />

can fir. Leaf buds are rounded, oblong, and resin coated. The large bractcovered<br />

cones (fig. 51) are most distinctive. None <strong>of</strong> our o<strong>the</strong>r firs have cones<br />

like <strong>the</strong>se. They are about 42 to ( inches long by 24 to nearly 3 inches in thick-

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