Text-Fig. 2.—Diagram to show suggested correlation between cone shape and cone length. (See Table II.) (a) Number or area of raised apophyses. On the proximal exterior part of the cone, there is usually a well-defined patch of apophyses which are elevated or swollen in various ways. This patch is usually circular or broadly elliptical with the long axis parallel to the cone axis; it usually occupies an area approximately two-thirds the length and one-half the greatest circumference of the cone, but it may be more or less than this. In the sample, the number of raised apophyses ranged from five to ninety-six, and was most often between forty and sixty. In some cones, the boundary between the raised and the not raised was very distinct; where it crossed an apophysis, one side of this was swollen and the other was flat. In other specimens, the elevation decreased gradually from the centre of the area and there was no clear boundary. (b) Degree of Elevation. The maximum elevation of apophyses on a cone ranged from 0.3 cm. to 1·7 cm. Considerable variation of this character within a tree was sometimes noted. (c) Shape. In this character, it was the proximal exterior apophyses which were considered; those on the rest of cone varied little. There was a graded series of shapes. At one extreme were angular and pyramidal apophyses (Text-fig. B, Fig. 6), which in one cone were abruptly truncated (Text-fig. B, Fig. 7); at the other extreme, they were fully rounded and approximately hemispherical (Text-fig. B, Fig. 8). Intermediate forms (e.g. Text-fig. B, Fig. 9) were the most common.