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DR. MAXWELL T. MASTERS's CONTniRUTIOXS 



on the ground of priority, Lut under the circumstances it seems 

 preferable to adopt Engelmanu's designation. In the form of 



ifi 



The 



habit of the wild plant is peculiar : the branches, often suffering 

 periodic arrests of growth, have in consequence a contracted 

 necklace-like appearance. The leaves on the cone-bearing 

 branches are sharply pointed. 



Fig. 16. 



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Coiie-bearing branch of Abies subalpina. Native speoimeu. 



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In cultivation there are at present only small examples. The 

 bark of the young branches is greyish brown, hirtellous. Buds 

 ovoid, broadly obtuse. Scales oblong, brown, resinous. Leaves 

 in many rows given off on all sides at an acute angle, linear 



