Tab. 7114, 
ABIES pracnypHytia. 
Native of Japan, 
Nat. Ord. Conrrerm.—Tribe ABIETINER. 
Genus Astzs, Juss.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 441.) 
ABIES brachyphylla ; arbor excelsa, ramulis glabris, foliis }-1 poll. longis 
linearibus obtusis v. subemarginatis subtus glaucis demum concoloribus, 
costa supra depressa subtus prominula, canalibus resiniferis 2 inter costam 
marginesque mediis, amentis masculis cylindraceis obtusis, bracteis apice 
recurvis calcariformibus, antheris subglobosis, amentis foom. maturis 
3-4 poll. longis cylindraceis obtusis, bracteis obovato-oblongis truncatis 
denticulatis, squamis horizontalibus bracteas longe superantibus transverse 
oblongis denticulatis basi cuneatis, seminis ala oblique cuneata truncata. 
A. (Picea) brachyphylla, Maximov. Mel. Biol. vol. vi. p. 23; Masters in Gard. 
Chron. 1879, vol. ii. p. 556, fig. 19, and 1885, vol. ii. p. 151, fig. 30; 1 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xviii. p. 515, fig. 14; Franch. et Sav. Enum. Fl. Jap. 
vol. i. p. 487. : 
PA. pinnosa, Hort. Veitch. 
A. Veitchii, Hort. (ex part.). 
Picea brachyphylla, Gord. Pinet. Ed. 2, p. 201. 
Pinus brachyphylla, Parlat. in DC. Prodr. vol. xvi. pars 2, p. 424. ‘ 
P. firma, McNab in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1876, p. 686 (non Ab. firma, Sieb. 
et Zucc.). 2s 
A native of the mountains of Japan at elevations oF = 
5-6000 feet, first described by Maximovicz in 1866, though 
previously distributed under the name 1t bears by that 
botanist. Its distribution is a wide one, extending to 
Saghalien in the north, to Jesso and Nipon in the south; in 
which latter place it inhabits the flanks of Fusigama, It 
was introduced by Mr. Maries when collecting for Messrs. 
Veitch in the year 1870, and has proved to be perfectly 
hardy, having stood the winters of Denmark. According 
to Dr. Masters, who has kindly provisionally certified the 
drawing, it is doubtful whether A. brachyphylla is distinct 
from A. homolepis of Siebold and Zuccarini, an yp sn 
fectly described species which has acute leaves, . te 
A. Harryana, McNab ; and it is certainly one of the p rey 
cultivated under the name of A. Veitchi, Lindley, an : ; 
pinnosa, Hort. Veitch. In its young state it exactly accords 
May Ist, 1890. 
