Abietlnccp..] CLXV. CONIFERS. Ul 



int.erdam distiche patentia, supra plana v. in una specie convexa, iJi-ope basin petioli 

 brevissimi articnlata, basi persistente post folium delapsuni in ramulo distincte v. vix 

 prominente. Strobili sa^pius reflexi, pollicares v. breviores v, in una specie paullo 

 longiores. 



Species 5, quarum 2 Asaticae, 3 boreali-Americanae. Tarlat. in DO, Prod. xvi. ii. 427 (Pini sect.). 

 Engeba. Hot. Calif, ii. 120. Lamh. Pin. t. 32; ed. min. t. 45 ad 4? {Pinus). Sieb. et. Zucc. Fl. 

 Jifp. t. lOG {Abic.=<). Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 247 (Pinus). Nuff. N. Amer. Syh: t. 116. Newberry, 

 Jjot. Williams. Kxpcd. t. 7. 



<a exma Pieca iji cnm Abide arete conneotis, strobili fere prions, flores <? posterioris; folia ssepius 

 plana Ahietis at delapsa tuljorculum elevatum relinqiuint fere Picea?. 



■ 30. Pseudotsupa, Garr. Conlf. ed. 2, 254, et in Rev. Hortic. 18G8, 152, cum ic. 

 — Flores monoici, <? ad axillas foliorum superioruni solitarii, subsessiles, bracteis 

 squainiforniibus imbricatis stipati, in ramulo pauci. Staminum columna subsessilis, 

 oblongo-cylindracea ; antheriB spiraliter confertse, stipite breAn, loculis 2 adnatis snb- 

 globosis deorsum oblique 2-valvibns, connectivo ultra loculos in nmbonem brevissi 

 mum producto ; poUinis granulfe (ex Engelm.) ovato-subglobosai. Amenta $ termi- 

 nalia, solitaria, squanus paucis vacuis imbricatis stipata, ovoideo-oblonga ; sqiiamse 

 duplices, oo-seriatpe, spiraliter imbricatse, laminis a basi distinctis ; bractea membra- 

 nacea, sub anthesi conspicua, post anthesin parum aiicta ; lamina ovulifera sub anthesi 

 niulto brevior demuni aucta squamam conspicuam formans, parum incrassata, apice 

 rotundata, margine tenui. Ovula 2, ima basi lamince ovulifera; arete reflexa, post 

 anthesin lamina basi accrescente paullo altius inserta videntur. Strobilus oblongus ; 

 bractese conspicine, acute 2-lobai, costa in acumen seu aristam squamam superantem pro- 

 ducta ; squam?e e lamina ovulifera formatpe, imbricatfe, post semina delapsa persistentes. 

 Semina (Pini) sub quaque squama gemina, reflexa, pseudosamaroidea, niembrana tenuiter 

 scarioso-liyalina a strato interiore squannie soluta coronata et utroque latere marginata, 

 demum ab ala soluta, ovato-oblonga, compressa, testa cruatacea ; embryo normalis, 

 cc-cotyledoneus. — Ai'bor semper\'irens, procera. Folia (yl/>(efts)angustelinearia, spiraliter 

 sparsa, subdistiche pateiitia, supra plana, ima basi articnlata, cicatriceni in ramulo liaud 

 prominenteni relinquentia. Strobili reflexi, piilcliri, 3-7-pollicare8. 



Species 1, in montibus occidentalibus America borealis a Mexico usque ad Oregon oxtensa. 

 Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 430 (sect. Tsvg(p sp.). Engclm. Pot. Calif, ii. 119. Forbes, Pin. Wob. t. 

 45. Nutt. N. Amer. Sglv. f. 115 (Abies). Hook. Fl. lior. Amer. t, 183 (Pinus). Newberri/, Pot. 

 Williams. E.rped. f. 8. 



Genus imprimis strubilis reflexis squaniis persi.steiitibiis ab -■ii/c/e difFcrt, cm furte melius pro 

 sectioueadjungendum, senteiitia tamen Engelniauuii etiam polline aliisque characteribus essentialibus 

 separandum. 



31. Abies, J"i(i;). Gtn. 414l pro parte ; Link in Ahhandl. Akad. Wins. Berlinj 1827, I8J. 

 (Picea, Don in Loud. Arh. Brit. iv. 2293.)— Flores monoici, ^ ad axillas foliorum superi- 

 orum solitarii, subsessiles, bracteis sciuainiformibus imbricatis stipati, in ramulo perpauci 

 V. dissiti, vix in spicam conferti. Staminum columna cylindracea oblonga v. ovoidea • 

 antiierse spii-aliter confertae, stipite brevi, loculis 2 adnatis subglobosis deorsum oblique 

 V. transver.sim 2-valvibus, connectivo ultra loculos nudo v. in umbonem brevissime pro- 

 ducto ; pollinis granulse utroque latere lobnlo globoso v. vesiculo aerifero appendiculatte. 

 Amenta $ terminalia, solitaria, squamis paucis vacuis imbricatis stipita, globosa ovwidea 

 V. oblonga ; squamae duplicea, cc-seriatee, spiraliter imbricatse, laminis a basi v. fere a 

 basi distinctis ; bractea menibranacea, sub anthesi conspicua, post anthesin parum aucta 

 lamina ovulifera brevior v. acumine solo exserto ; lamina ovulifera jam sub anthesi 

 intcrdum bractea major, demum squamam conspicuam formans, parum incrassata, apice 

 rotundiita margine tenui. Ovula 2, ima basi laminie ovuliferae cum ea continua arcteque 

 reflexa, post anthesin lamina basi accrescente paullo altius inserta videntur. Strobilus 

 ovoideus oblongus v. cylindraceua, bracteis parum auctis acumine tamen sapc exserto ; 

 squamre e lamina ovidifera formatse, laxe imbricatfe, cum seminibus deciduui. Semina (Fini) 

 sub quaque sfiuania gemina, reflexa, pseudosamaroidea, niembrana tenuiter scariosa 



