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131. CONIFERS, 55! 
Keteleeria sacra, Beissner, Handb. der Nadelholzkunde, 
p. 426 (Abies sacra, Franchet, Pl. David. i. p. 288, t. 14), 
collected by David in Shensi, too closely resembles the preceding 
species to be retained as distinct. It is said to be planted around 
the temples. 
2. Keteleeria Fabri, Masters, n. sp. 
Rami brunnei, hornotini glabrescentes, pulvinis prominentibus 
notati; cicatrices orbiculares. Folia in ràmis fertiles 10 lin. 
longa, l lin. lata, sursum curvata, basi torta vix angustata, 
lineari-obtusa, superne nitida, sulco longitudinali medio pereursa, 
subtus inter margines arcte revolutas et nervum prominentem 
argenteo-fasciata, apice rotundata vel vix emarginata. Alabastra 
subglobosa, perulis coriaceis puberulis acuminatis tecta. Flores 
masculini haud visi.  Strobil juniores 25 lin. longi, 15 lin. lati, 
erecti, purpurascentes, oblongo-obtusi, stipite brevi squamis 
obtecto, sublevati. .Bractee purpurascentes, rotundate, lacero- 
trilobæ, medio in acumen lineare squamam primo superans pro- 
ducte. Squame apice integre, rotundate. 
SzECHUEN : Mount Omei (Faber, 984!). Herb. Kew. 
3. Keteleeria Fortunei, Carrière in Rev. Hort. 1866, p. 449, et 
Conif. ed. 2, p. 260; Pirotta in Bull. Soc. Tose. Ort. 1887 
p. 269. 
Pinus Fortunei, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 430. 
Abies Fortunei, Hance in Journ. Bot. xx. (1882) p.39; Masters in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. (1886) p. 197, cum icone. 
Abies (Picea) Fortunei, Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, p. 49, cum 
icone. 
Abies jezoensis, Lindl. in Lindl. et Paat. Fl. Gard. i. p. 42, fig. 26, 
haud Sieb. et Zucc. i 
Pseudotsuga jezoensis, Bertrand in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5me sér. xx. (1874) 
p. 87. 
Foxen: Foochow (Fortune, 50! hb. Hance, 17878! Carles, 
714!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Van Tieghem in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1891, p. 411, assigns 
anatomical reasons for the establishment of this genus in addi- 
tion to the morphological characters derived from the male 
flowers, etc. , 
To the above may be added the description of a new species 
only known from a dried specimen received from the Hong- 
kong Botanical Gardens :— ; 
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