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semblance to that of A. firma, but the downy unroughened surface of 

 the shoot of the latter at once distinguishes it. A. umbellata appears 

 to have all the beauty and hardiness of A. brachyphylla." {W. J. 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 119.) 

 C9987. Amis veitchii olivacea Shirasawa. Fir. 



Wilson No. 7525. 



The species is described by Bean (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 1, p. 127), as "a tree 50 to 70 feet high; young 

 shoots brown, furnished with a more or less scattered, minute down ; 

 buds globose, very resinous, purplish. Leaves one-half to If inches 

 long, one-sixteenth inch wide, the base tapered, the apex cut off 

 straight and notched ; dark glossy green and grooved above, vividly 

 white with stomatic lines beneath. All the leaves point forward, and 

 most of them curve more or less upward ; a few occur underneath 

 the shoot, but most of them are above it or at the sides. On lateral 

 shoots growing erect or nearly erect the leaves are arranged about 

 equally around the twig. Cones cylindrical, 2 to 2£ inches long, 

 about 1 inch wide ; blue-purple at first. 



" Discovered on Fujiyama, Japan, by John Gould Veitch in 1S60. 

 Introduced by Maries in 1879. Among silver firs this species is very 

 distinct, on account of the narrow truncate leaves pointed for- 

 ward and curling upward and intensely blue-white beneath. The 

 best tree I have ever seen is at Murthly, which in 1906 was just 

 over 30 feet high; it is a particularly handsome conifer in a small 

 state, but appears inclined to develop a somewhat lanky habit with 

 age." 



"Aoshirabe (Japanese). This tree differs from the species chiefly 

 in the characters of the cones, which are cylindrical, somewhat ob- 

 tusely pointed, 7 cm. (2.8 inches) long, and 25 mm. (1 inch) in 

 diameter, olive-yellow, while those of A. veitchii show a deep blue- 

 violet color." (H. Shirasawa, Mitteilungcn der Deutschcn Dcndrolo- 

 gisehen Gesellschaft, p. 256. 1914-) 

 39988. Acer capillifes Maxim. Aceraceae. Maple. 



Wilson No. 7747. 



"A deciduous tree, sometimes 30 to 35 feet high, the branchlets erect 

 when young and marked with whitish stripes running lengthwise ; 

 branchlets smooth. Leaves reddish when young, three lobed ; 3 to 5 

 inches long, about three-fourths inch wide; smooth, doubly toothed, the 

 terminal lobes triangular and larger than the side ones; veins and stalks 

 usually red. Flowers greenish white, in drooping slender racemes 2* to 

 4 inches long. Fruits smooth, numerous, in drooping racemes ; key one- 

 half to three-fourths inch long; wings rounded at the end, one-fifth inch 

 wide, spreading at an angle of 120° to almost horizontal. 



"Native of Japan, introduced to cultivation by Prof. Sargent, who 

 found fruiting trees in Japan in October, 1892, and sent young trees to 

 Kew a year or two later. It has proved hardy. It is one of the hand- 

 some group with striated branches, including A. penn&ylvanicum and 

 A. rufinerve, to both of which it is closely allied and hears much resem- 

 blance in shape of leaf, but is readily distinguished by the absence of 

 down on leaf, young wood, and flower stem." I W. ./. Bam, Trees ami 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. tS6 and 137.) 



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