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mountains, is composed of this species. It attains a height of from 150 to 200 feet, and a circumference of 

 from 20 to 50 feet. 



Tab. CLXXXIII. Fig. 1, Male catkins ; /. 2, Cone i—nat. size ; f. 3, Leaves : — magnified, 



10. P, {Abies) Balsamea (L.) ; foliis linearibus (uncialibus) obtusis supra linea media 

 exarata subtus albidis linea media elevata marginibus reflexis, strobilis erectis cylindraceis 

 {4.-5-uncialibus) resinifluis, squamis latissimis compactis, bracteolis obovatis dentatis 

 obtusis squamam fere sequaiitibus. Lamb. Pin. t 41. Ph, Am. 2. />. 639.— Abies balsami- 

 fera. Mich. N, Am. Sylv, p. 191. t 150. 



Hab. Canada and Nova Scotia, to the Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. 



11. P. {Abies) grandis (Dougl. rast.) ; foliis (uncialibus) linearibus obtusis supra linea 

 media exarata subtus albidis linea media elevata marginibus reflexis, sirobilis ereclls ovali- 

 cylindraceis (6-uncialibus, 2-3-uncias lat.) resinifluis, squamis compactis latissimis, 

 bracteolis ovatis brevi-acuminatis cuspidatis marginibus erosis squama multo brevioribus. 

 Lamb, Pin. App, descr. sine Ic. 



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Hab. N. W. America. Douglas,— The cone of this, Mr Lambert remarks, resembles that of P, Cedrus, 

 but I think much more that of the preceding, P. Balsamea, and P, Wehbiana, and it is in like manner 

 densely coated with a resinous substance. 



12. P. {Abies) lasiocarpa ; foliis linearibus obtusis (uncialibus et fere sesquiuncialibus) 

 unicoloribus supra linea media exarata subtus linea media elevata marginibus pauiukim 



incrassatis, strpbilis ?, squamis latis subrotundatis extus dense fusco-pubes- 



centibus, bracteolis late obovatis vix denticulatis squama subduplo brevioribus apice 

 mucronato-acuminatis. 



Hab, Interior of N. W. America (last journey). Bouglas.—ThQiQ are no entire cones accompanying the 

 solitary specimen of this plant ; but the scales and bracteoles, lying with the leaves, are considerably difterent 

 from any other species with which I am acquainted. The former are clothed with a dense almost ferru- 

 ginous down. The leaves, too, are longer than in any other American species. 



13. P. {Abies) alba {So]aud. in Hort. Kew. ed. \.v.3.p.Sl\); foliis curvatisbrevibus 

 tetragonis (vix uncialibus) strobilis (3-uncialibus) pendulis oblongis subattenuatis obtusis, 

 squamis late obovatis tenuibus integerrimis. Lamb. Pin. t 36. Ph. Am. 2. p. 641. Ilich. 

 App, p. 36.— Abies alba. Mich. N. Am. Sylv, 3. p. 128. t. 148. 



Hab. Throughout Nova Scotia and Canada, to within twenty miles of the Arctic Sea, and on the Cop- 

 permine Kiver ^ in lat. 67j^ it attains a height of twenty feet and more. Dr Richardson. -Thh is the most 

 northern tree met with by Dr Richardson in his Arctic journeys. See an interesting notice of the uses of 

 this tree among the Crecs and Esquimaux, in Richardson App. above quoted. Young cones pale green ; 

 old ones pale brown. 



14. P. {Abies) nigra (Ait. Hort. Keiv. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 370); foliis rectis brevibus tetra- 

 gonis (semiuncialibus), strobib's pendulis ovatis obtusis (uncialibus v. paulo ultra), squamis 

 crassis lignosis obovato-ellipticis laxiusculis apice eroso-denticulati^s. Lamb. Fin. t. SI . 

 Ph. Am. 2. p. 610. Rich. App. p. 36. AM^« ni^rra. Mich. N. Am 



