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ously curved and very densely crowded toward and on the top of the branches;
they are more or less distinctly pointed, those of the leader somewhat sharply
so, and incurved to the stem. The leaf buils are sharp-pointed and light chocolate
brown-not resinous. The cones (fig. 53' ) are mature by the middle or
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FiG. 52.-Abies mage ifica, lower branch.
end of August, and during September they break up and liberate the seeds. At
maturity they are deep purple, often tinged with brown, varying in length
usually from about 5 to 7 inches, or occasionally 8 to 9 inches long, by about
2* to 3j inches in diameter. The large-winged seeds (fig. 53, a)are dark brown,