Tas. 8169, 
PICEA MORINDOIDES. 
Eastern Himalaya. 
2 ConrrERAE. Tribe ABIETINEAE. 
Prona, Link; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. iii. p. 439. 
Picea morindoides, Rehder in Sargent, Trees and Shrubs (1908), p. 95, t. 46; 
Henry in Gard. Chron. 1906, vol. xxxix. pp. 182, 219; Masters, Uc. p. 213, 
fig. 34 et p. 274, fig. 113 et 1907, vol. xli. p. 388; ex aflinitate P. ajanensis, 
Fisch. ex Trautv., sed habitu multo graciliore, conisque multo majoribus 
foliorumque anatomia distincta. : 
Arbor coma conica regulari, ramis verticillatis patulis, ramulis glabris gracilibus 
pendulis nisi apicem versus magis minusve patentibus, junioribus 
flavescentibus tertio anno cinerascentibus, pulvinis e basi ima lata 
abrupte contractis subcylindricis 1 mm. longis cicatrice terminali rhom- 
boidali haud obliqua lateribus concavis. Gemmae foliorwm ellipsoideae vel 
obovoideae, obtusae, 5-6 mm. longae, pallidae, paulo resinosae, squamis 
tenuiter scariosis obovatis obtusissimis. olia acicularia, gracilia, apice 
spinulosa, pungentia, 2°5-3°5 cm. longa, 0°7-1:2 mm. lata, a dorso 
complanata, sectione transversa rhomboideo-elliptica, marginibus costisque 
obtusis, dorso viridia, facie lineis duabus albo-glaucis; stomata in facie 
secundum costam utrinque 4-6-seriata; ductus resiniferi duo dorsales, 
haud procul a margine siti, hypodermati appositi, fibris sclerenchymaticis 
tunicati, interdum breves vel nulli; hypoderma sclerenchymaticum supra 
subtusque ad costam strato duplice. Strobili masculi rosei, elongato- 
ellipsoidei, ad 2 cm. longi, 8-9 mm. lati, basi squamis eis gemmarum 
foliorum simillimis suffulti; connectivi appendix orbicularis, circumcirca 
lacerato-denticulatus. Strobili femineit laterales (an semper?), oblongo- 
ellipsoidei, ad 2 cm. longi, 1 cm. diametro, purpurei, basi ut masculi 
-squamis suffulti; carpella e basi lata ovata cuspidato-acuminata, 1*°5 mm. 
longa, obscure denticulata; squamae ovuliferae ovato-rotundatae, sub- 
denticulatae, sub anthesi carpello duplo longiores. Coni maturi oblongo- 
cylindrici, obtusi, 6-9 cm. longi, 3 cm. diametro, badii, vix nitiduli; 
Squamae basi magis minusve in unguem obtriangularem vel obovatum 
contractum, supra unguem late ovatae, obtusae, apicem versus obscure 
striatae, inferiores majores ad 20 mm. longae (ungue incluso), 10-14 mm. 
latae. Semen ambitu obtriangulare, 2-5 mm. longum, testa alutacea, ala 
oblique obovato-oblonga, tenuissima, 6-12 mm. longa. 
Picea morindoides was described in 1903 from specimens of 
unknown origin in cultivation in Mr, Allard’s arboretum at 
Angers in France. Subsequently, a tree growing in the 
Earl of Annesley’s park at Castlewellan, Co. Down, was 
recognised by Dr. A. Henry as identical with it. This tree 
was raised from seed received by the Earl of Annesley from 
Chumbi in 1889. Another specimen of unknown origin. 
DecemBer, 1907, 
