TO THE HISTORY OF CEKTAIN CONIFEHS. 



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are like those of ^. amalilis; I)ut tlieir resm-caiials (fig. 14) are 



parenchymatous, not subepidermal, and correspond very closely 



in structure with undoubted svbaljnna wild and cultivated (see 



woodcut, fig. 17). 



Fig. 14. 



J. lasiocarpa, Hook. ; type. Plan of leaf -section, magnified. 



Engelmaun speaks o£ it as the AVestern representative of A* 

 lalsamea. But for the doubt attaching to Hooker's name hsio- 

 carpa^ Nuttall's name o^ Abies lasiocarjya should have precedence 



Fig. 15. 



Leaves of Ahies suhalpinu. Sterile branch. 



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