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plurimis subcongestis oblongp-cylindraeeis obtusis sessilibus subpendulis folio 

 subbrevioribus, femineis in ramulorum supremorum apice solitariis erectis 

 cylindraceo-oblongis obtusis, bracteis suborbicularibus fimbriato-ciliatis apice 

 longe cuspidatis, cuspide patentissimo-subreflexa, lepidiis crassiusculis sub- 

 cordato-orbicularibus subintegris bractea brevioribus, strobilis erectis cylin- 

 draceis obtusis et fere truricatis, squamis e basi cuneata rotundato-dilatatis 

 dorso prope marginem superiorem puberulo-tomentosis caducis, bractea 

 exserta lineari-spathulata denticulato-cuspidata apice reflexa brevioribus, 

 rhacbide recta subnlata dentata, nuculis cuneatis angulatis ala latiuscula sub- 

 cuneata brevioribus. ^ lu montibus Europae mediae et australis a Pyrenaeis bo- 

 realibus ad Caucasum. In Pyrenaeorum hispanicorum regione monlana et sub- 

 alpina ad elev. 3000-5000 ped. (Willk. Colm. Webb ! aliique), in alpibus 

 frequens utroque declivio inter 2400-4000 ped. elevationem cum P. sylvestri 

 vel cum P. Larice sylvas efformans, interdum ad -1000 ped. descendens, 

 rarius 4500 ped. altitud. supergrediens , in Apenninis minus frequens! et 

 saepe culta inter 3000-4500 ped. elevationem, et in parte australi ad 5500 ped. 

 altitudinem adscendens, in Nebrodibus Siciliae prope verticem, ad Serra dei 

 Pini ad 6000 ped. elev. rara et raro fructifera I Cis Alpes in sylva nigra elev. 

 3000 ped. gregaria nec ultra 50° L. B. nisi hinc inde culta, paullo in Sudetis 

 frequentior nec late in planitiem Sarmaticam evagatur. In sylvis planitierum 

 australem Carpathorum clivum limitantium non infrequens, . rarior usque ad 

 3000 ped. adscendit, in montibus Scepusiensibus usque ad 3000 terminum 

 multo copiosior nec in subalpinis Transylvanise infrequens! In regione 

 montana Macedoniae , Thraciae et Bithyniae sylvas constituit, in Monte Athos 

 inter 4500-5250 ped. (Frivaldsky !), in sylvis altioribus Caucasi (Marsh. Bieb.), 

 in sylvis altiss. montium Adschar in jugo Guriel (Szovicz! n. 192). EXdtr, 

 Theophr. Hist. plant. 3. cap. 10. Abies Caesalp.! de Plant. lib. 3. cap. 53. 

 p. 133, et herb. fol. 10. n. 30. Abies conis sursum spectantibus, s. mas C. 

 Bauh. Pin. p. 505. Abies taxifolia fructu sursum spectante Tourn. Inst. p. 585. 

 P. Picea Linn. Sp. pl. p. 1420; Lamb. Pin, edit. 2. p. 50. t. 32, et 3. p. 70. 

 t. 40; Stev. in Ann. des scienc. nat. 2"" se>. vol. 11. p. 55; Antoine Conif. 

 p. 68. t. 27. f. 2. Abies vulgaris Poir. Dict. suppl'. 6. p. 514. Pinus pectinata 

 Lam. Fl. franc. 2. p. 202. Abies alba Mill. Dict. n. 1. Abies taxifolia Desf. 

 Cat. Hort. Paris. edit. 3. p. 356. Abies pectinata De C. Fl. Franc. 2. p. 275; 

 Rich. Conif. p. 73. t. 16. f. 2; Link in Linnaea 15. p. 526; Schouw in Ann. 

 des Scienc. nat. 3 me ser. vol. 3. p. 239; Carr. Conif. i>. 205; Henk. et Hochst. 

 Nadelholz. p. 174; Spach Hist. des veg. phaner. 11. p. 415. Abies Picea 

 Lmdl. in Penny Cyclop. n. 1 . Abies excelsa Link in Abhandl. der Berlin. Akad. 

 1827. p. 182. Abies candicans Fisch. msc. Picea pectinata Loud Arbor. brit. 4. 

 2329. f. 2237-2239; Gord. Pin.. p. 151. Pinus Abies Endl. Conif. p. §5; Christ 

 Die Formenk. der Europaeisch. Pinus-Arten p. 1. P. Nordmanniana Stev. in 

 Bull. Soc. nat. Mpsq. ann. 1838. p. 45. t. 2, et in Ann. des Scienc. nat. 

 2 me sene, tom. 11. p. 56; Antoine Conif. p. 74. t. 28. f. 1. mala; Endl. Conif. 

 p. 93. Abies Nordmanniana Spach Hist. nat. des veg. phaner. 11. p. 418; 

 Carr. Conif. p. 203; Henk. et Hochst. Nadelholz. p. 172. Picea Nordmanniana 

 Loud. Encycl. of trees 1042. f. 1950; Gord. Pin. p. 150; Gronland in Rev. 

 Hort. ann. 1866. p. 172 cum icon. P. lejoclada Stev. in Bull. Soc. nat. Mosq. 

 ann. 1838. p. 44. P. orientalis Friwaldsky Herb. Rum. EXatoq Grac. Abies 

 Lat. Abeto, Abeto bianco, Abelo comune, Abeto nostrale, Ital. Silver Fir Angl. 

 Sapin Gallor. Tanne Silbertanne Germ. Arbor pulchra, resinosa, 80, interdum 

 100-150 ped. alta, cortice cinereo-plumbeo, oleum aiietinum scatente, ligno 

 albido compacto, ad navium malos et antennas conficiendas aptissimo. Kolia 

 20-30 mill. longa, 2-2 J- mill. lata, ludunt ipso in ramulo obtusa, emarginata 

 vel plus minusve mucronala, rectiuscula vel curvula et fere subfalcata, nunc 

 subdisticha nunc et saepe in ramulis superioribus etiam sursum versa. Amenta 

 mascula 14-17 mill. longa, 5-6 mill. lata; foliis subaequalia vel vix aut paulo 

 breviora; femmea 4-6 cent. longa, 17-20 mill. lata. Amentum androgynum 

 semel vidi , inferne femineum , superne masculum. Strobili 14-20 cent. 

 longi, 4-5 cent. lati. Squamae mediae 20-25 mill. longas, 23-32 mill. latae. 

 Bracteae strobilomm inferae lineares, superae dilatatae, suborbiculares, mar- 

 gine dentatae, interdum emarginatae et subbilobas, semper cuspidatae, cuspide 

 longa, reflexa. Nuculas lutescentes, ala n rubido-luteola breviores. Folia semi- 



