Tree c. 25 metres. Bark grey, fissured. Young shoots brown. Leaves grass-green above, glaucous below. Cones old when collected. In collection. Buds resinous. Raised from seed ex N.Z. Forest Service as this species.Cones tending curved; phyllotaxis (1 series counted) 5/14 cf. Relider G.39 gives 5/13.Length of cones c. 12.5 - 15 cm (excluding stalk0Young shoots more puberulent than descr. of the species give.