Large spreading tree 20 or more metres high. Bark rough and dark grey [collected.] Young shoots brownish-green. Winter buds brown with appressed scales (thinly resinous). Leaves more or less curving forwards, deep green. Cones persistent, shining greenish-brown before maturity, with umbo prickle, narrow ovoid before opening. Cultivated in park-like area with spaced trees. Sheets A and B. See Cone Collection.