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A. Veitchii, var. sachalinensis, Fr. Schmidt, Mem. Acad. Imp. 

 Sc. Petersb. 7 ser. torn. xii. n. 2, p. 176, tab. 4. figs. 13-17. 



In ins. Sachalin, Schmidt ! ; in ins. Tesso, Maries, nn. 70, 71, 73, 

 pro parte ! 



Possibly only a variety of Veitchii ; but differing in the habit, 

 greater length of leaf, larger cones, and longer bracts (usually 

 quite concealed in Veitchii). Maries' specimens, however, show 

 that there is considerable variation as to these points. According 

 to Mr. Maries, the present species or variety occurs in the low- 

 lands and near the sea-coast in Tesso, while A. Veitchii is always 

 a mountain tree in Japan proper. 



A. homolepis, Siebold et Zuccarini, Flor. Jap. ii. p. 17, 1. 108!; 

 Lindl. et Gord. ; Carritre, ed. 2, p. 290 ; Mast, in Gard. Ghron. 

 Dec. 27, 1879, p. 828, c. ic. 



Pinus homolepis, Antoine, Conif. p. 78, t. 31. f. 1 (1846) ; Fnd- 

 licher. 



Abies firma, Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, p. 53, figs. 109, 

 113, 114, haud Sieb. et Zucc. 



Picea firma, Parlatore in DG. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 424. 



Picea firma, Gordon, Pinet. ed. 2, p. 204. 



Abies Tschonoskiana, Begel in Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1865, 

 ex Parlatore in DC. Prod. 1. c. p. 431. 



P. Finnhonoskiana, Neum. Gat. ex Parlatore, I. c. p. 431. 



Pinus Harryana, MacNab in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. p. 689, 

 t. 47. fig. 16 ! (quoad foliorum anatomiam). 



Abies Momi, Koch, Dendrol. ii. p. 227 (1873), haud Siebold. 



Nomina hortensia delenda^fo'es sen Picea Veitchii (haud Lindl.), 

 TschonofsMana, firma (haud Sieb. et Zucc), sibirica affinis, et bra- 

 chyphylla (haud Maximowicz). 



In montibus ins. Nippon, Siebold ! vidi viv. cult. 



This species, imperfectly described by Siebold and Zuccarini, 

 has been held to be a form of A. firma ; but it is amply different 

 in the pulvini of the stem, the form of the leaves, and the arrange- 

 ment of the resin-canals. 



Only a very imperfect specimen exists in the herbarium at Kew ; 

 but there are good examples of what I believe to be this plant 

 in cultivation, and specimens from these were obligingly compared 

 for me by Professor Suringar with the type in the Leyden herba- 

 rium. Mr. Syme, now Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, 

 Jamaica, considers this a form of A. brachyphylla, Max. ; but the 

 leaves differ in size, form, colour, and arrangement of the resin- 



