Tas. 4740. 
ABIES sractsara. 
Bracteated Stlver-Fir. 
Nat. Ord. Contrer#.—Mona@cia MonapELpHia. 
Gen. Char. Flores monoici, masculi et foeminei amentacei. Masc. Amenta 
axillaria, versus apicem ramorum aggregata, subsessilia, simplicia, ¢ staminibus 
nudis numerosis. Anthere biloculares, apice cristate, rima transversa dehis- — 
centes. Pollen trilobum. Fam. Amenta oblonga, per ramos sparsa, rarius 
terminalia, subsessilia, e squamis bractealibus et ovariis levibus basi biovulatis 
composita. Fructus: Strobilus oblongus, e llis imbricatis, basi, ubi se- 
mina fovent, planis (non excavatis) maturitate ab axi solutis et deciduis for- 
matus. Semina ale basi supra et subtus inflexura marginis laxe cinguntur et 
cum persistente decidunt. esta coriacea. Embryo polycotyledoneus, in albu- 
mine carnoso-oleoso centralis; radicula infera.—Arbores excelse, in iisdem uti 
congeneres zonis montosis utriusque hemispherie vitam degentes et foliis solitariis 
sempervirentibus plerumque distichis insignes. Nees. 
ABIES bracteata ; foliis subdistichis linearibus planis mucronatis subtus argen- 
teis, strobili ovati erecti bracteis exsertis cuneato-linearibus bilobis, lobis 
erosis, nervo in cuspidem linearem squama multoties longiorem producto, 
squamis e basi cuneata reniformi-orbicularibus. 
Pinus bracteata. Don in Linn. Trans. v.17. p. 443. Lambert Pin. III. t. 91. 
ABtEs bracteata. Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 394. : 
The present is among the most remarkable of all the true 
Pines, particularly in the nature of its ‘cones, and has long been 
a desideratum to our Pineta. The Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, and 
King’s-road, Chelsea, have a plentiful supply of young plants, 
and we are indebted to them for the opportunity of giving the 
accompanying figure, they kindly furnishing well-prepared native 
Specimens with a perfect cone ; all other well-ripened cones have 
fallen to pieces almost before reaching England. It is a Cali- 
fornian species. Dr. Coulter first discovered it in the Andes of 
St. Lucia, a mountainous range, running parallely ith the coast. 
Douglas met with it at 6000 feet of elevation on the Californian 
Mountains, in latitude 36° north. These botanists both failed to 
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