| 1. | The epimatium becomes fleshy and drupe-like at maturity.
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| 2. | The seed is entirely covered by a fleshy modified scale known as an epimatium.
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| 3. | The epimatium is usually green but may be bluish or reddish in some species.
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| 4. | The seed is entirely enclosed by a modified ovuliferous scale known as the epimatium.
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| 5. | The single seed of the cone is covered by a modified ovuliferous scale known as the epimatium.
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| 6. | The epimatium is green or glaucous at first and becomes fleshy and red in color at maturity.
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| 7. | The mature epimatium is generally 14-20 millimeters long, 10-13 millimeters wide and pyriform in shape.
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| 8. | A part of the scale supporting the ovule develops into a rounded fleshy covering enclosing the seed entirely known as the epimatium.
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| 9. | At maturity the epimatium varies in shape from subglobose to elliptic or obovoid and in color from greenish to yellow or brown.
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