Tas. 8098. 
ABIES Magiestr. 
Japan. 
ConrrFER&. Tribe ABIETINES. 
Apres, Link: Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 441. 
Abies Mariesii, Masters in Gard. Chron. Dec. 20th, 1879, p. 788, fig. 129; 
et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. (1881), 519 ic. repet.; Mayr Monogr. Abietin. 
Japan. (1890), p. 40, t. 2, f.5. Species cum A. brachyphylla sociata, differt 
tamen novellis fusco-hirsutis, canalibus resiniferis sub epidermide positis ; 
strobilis cupiformibus, squamis integris, bracteis acuminatis demum 
laceratis. 
Arbor excelsa, coma pyramidali, ramis patentibus infimis decumbentibus 
cicatricibus circularibus notatis, ramulis ferrugineo-hirsutis demum 
glabrescentibus. Folia caulina conferta, appressa, ramea multiseriata, 
horizontalia, lateralia patentia, mediana ramulis sterilibus appressa 
apicem spectantia vel in ramulis fertilibus ascendentia, omnia glabra, 
subtus glancescentia, lineari-oblonga, basi in petiolum brevissimum 
tortum angustata, apice emarginata, costa superne depressa subtus 
prominente, margines revolute; canales resiniferi duo sub epidermide 
prope margines foliorum dispositi, Strobili violaceo-purpurei, cylindrati, 
medio autem parum dilatati, apice obtusi. Sqguamz suborbiculares, in- 
tegre, juventute ferrugineo-tomentose, basi cuneate. Bractex incluse, 
squamis multo breviores, oblongo-obovatz, ad basin angustats, apice 
breviter acuminate#, acumine demum delapso marginibusque laceratis. 
Seminis ala cuneato-obovata, squamam fere zequans. 
This handsome silver fir was first discovered in the 
mountains of northern Japan by the late Mr. Charles Maries, 
who introduced it to the nurseries of Messrs. James 
Veitch and Sons of Coombe Wood. In the recently pub- 
lished ‘‘ Hortus Veitchii’’ the tree is mentioned as occurring 
on Mt. Hakkoda, near Aomori, at an elevation of 4,0U0-— 
5,000 feet, and in Nikko at a greater elevation, but 
sparingly. It is an “alpine tree with a comparatively 
restricted habitat, occupying a geographical” position 
between that of A. Veitchii and A. sachalinensis.” Mr. 
Maries noted that the species grew in company with 
A. Veitchii in shallow, peaty soil, overlying volcanic 
debris. It differs from A. webbiana, to which it had been 
conjecturally referred, in the hairy shoots, denser, shorter, 
less horizontally spreading leaves, and the shorter, cask- 
shaped cones. 
The tree from which the figure was made is growing on 
OcroBER Ist, 1906, 
