TAB. 8552. 
ABIES MAGNIFICA. 
North- Western United States. 
ConIFERAE. Tribe ABIETINEAE, 
AsiEs, Juss. (ex parte) ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 441.; Eichl. 
in Engl. ¢ Prantl, Natiirl. Pflanzenfam. vol. ii. pars i. p. 81. 
Abies magnifica, A. Murray in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. vol. iii, (1868) p. 318, 
figs. 25-383; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1885, vol. xxiv. p. 652, fig. 148; 
Sargent, Silv. N. Am. vol. xii. p. 187, tt. 618, 619; Elwes é Henry, 
Trees of Gr. Brit. ¢ Irel. vol. iv. p. 792; Clinton Baker, Ill. Conéf. vol. ii. 
p. 17, cum tt. 2; ab A. nobili, Lindl., affini differt foliis minus congestis 
tetragonis supra haud sulcatis apice obtusis acutisve haud emarginatis, 
carpellis ovatis vel obovato-ellipticis in ya typica quam squamulae 
ovuligerae brevioribus in cono maturo haud exsertis. 
Arbor ad 75 m. alta, coma apice rotundata, trunco ad 8 m. diametro ad medium 
fere ramis destituto, cortice arborum diu laevi argenteo-albido deinde 
profunde fisso 10-15 cm. crasso squamis nigro-rufescentibus; rami pro 
rata _breves, inferiores subpenduli, rigide remote ramulosi, superiores 
subadscendentes; ramuli robusti, primo anno virescentes, puberuli deinde 
brunnescentes et glabrati. Gemmae ovatae, acutae, 6-8 mm. longae, 
perulis castaneis exterioribus denticulatis apiculatis. Folia per decem 
annos persistentia, ramorum inferiorum lanceolato-linearia, subplana, 
obtusa, 1°8-3°8 cm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata, lateralia e basi subhorizontali 
adscendentia, facialia suberecta vel prorsus curvata; folia ramorum 
superiorum et ramulorum fertilium crassiora, linearia, sectione trans- 
versa subrhombica, apice calloso-acuta vel subacuta, 0°8-3 cm. longa, 
e basi breviter curvata erecta, dense congesta ; folia ramorum terminalium 
1°8 cm. longa, acute acuminata, arcuata, apicibus ramo adpressis ; omnia 
glauca vel glauco-viridia, utrinque stomatorum ordinibus instructa. 
Strobili masculi oblongo-eylindrici, 1°2-1°8 cm. longi, rubro-purpurei. 
Strobilt feminet oblongi, circiter 8°75 em. longi, fere 2°5 cm. crassi. 
Carpella sub anthesi elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, denticulata, costa in 
apiculum vel mucronem producta. Squamae ovuliferae sub anthesi quam 
carpella multo breviores, late ovatae. Cont oblongo-cylindrici, apice 
truncati vel rotundati, 15-23 cm. longi, 6-8-5 cm. diametro, ex purpureo 
fuscescentes vel nigrescentes, squamae maturae late cuneatae quam 
carpella vix aucta majores eoque occultantes, circiter 8°5 cm. latae. 
Semina oblique oblonga, 1°5-1°8 em. longa, ala oblique obovata paulo 
longiora, pallide purpureo-fuscescentia vel subrosea.—A. nobilis, var. 
magnifica, Kellog, Trees of Calif. p. 29. Picea magnifica, Gord., Pin. 
ed. ii. p. 219. Pinus amabilis, Parl. in DC. Prod. vol. xvi. pars ii. p. 246 
(ex parte). P. magnifica, M‘Nab in Proc. R. Irish Acad. ser. 2, vol. ii. 
p. 700, t. 49, figs. 830, 80a.—O. Starr. 
The Fir here figured is the principal tree in the forest 
belt of the Sierra Nevada between 6000 and 9000 feet 
above sea level, extending northwards into the Cascade 
May, 1914. 
