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presenting somewhat a reddish color in old trees. That of the latter, however, 

 seems to retain its smooth surface and grayish white color even in old specimens. 

 But the most prominent distinguishing characters between these two varieties are 

 to be found in the shape, size and color of the cones, the relative length of the bracts 

 and scales, the shape and size of the same, and also the shape and color of the 

 seeds and their wings. 



var, /9. Mayriana Miyabe et Kudo, var. nov. 



Abies sachalinensis Masters, form, typica Mayr, Monogr. Abiet. Jap, Reich, p. 

 42, t. 3, f. 6, loco superiore ; Shirasawa, Ic. For. Trees Jap. I. p. 21, t. 6, f, 22-43. 



Strobili cylindrici, apice rotundati, obtusi vel subito attenuati, 6-10 cm longi, 

 2.5-3.9 cm in diametro, nigro-virentes. Squamae mediae usque ad marginem 

 superiorem integrum puberulento-puberulae, pedicellatae, reniformi-biconvexae, 

 parte superiore valde arcuatae, marginibus sinistroque dextro submembranaceae, 

 eroso-denticulatae, basi utrinque profundo sinu integro praeditae, cum pedicello 

 ca. 12 mm, sine eo ca. 9 mm longae, ca. 18 mm latae ; pedicelli oblongo-cuncati, 

 ca. 5 mm longi. Bracteae mediae squamis longiores, apice valde reflexae, longe 

 pedicellatae, quadratae, ca. 9 mm latae, 5 mm longae, medio apice uno acumine 

 lineariforme ca. 2.5-3. mm longo praeditae, margine eroso-denticulatae; pedicelli 

 7-8 mm longi, plerumque in parte 1/3 pedicelli aequilati, 4 mm lati, subito cuneato- 

 attenuati, parte inferiore squamis adnati. Semina oblongo-obovata, 6 mm longa, 

 3-4 mm lata, alis cuneato-trapezoideis, apice plerumque obliquo-truncatis vel 

 leviter curvatis 4 mm altis 6.5-7 "^"^ latis, pallide atropurpureo-fulvis v. flavo- 

 castaneis. 



NoM. Jap. Todoinatsu, Todo, Aoiodo. 



Hab. Hokkaido. Prov. (9j-/«V«<^ ; Nanae (Mayr). — Prov. Sliiribcshi : \\vz\\2\- 

 iwozan (S. Hori l^^ Aug. 21, 1888); Nakanosawa on the River. Yoichi (T. Ishika- 

 wa! Jiily 2, 1893); Raidentdge (Y. Tokubuchi ! July 26, \%%l).—Prov. hhikari : 

 Sapporo (Class' 80!); Source of the R. Ishikari (K. Jimbo ! Sept. 1891); Mt. Yii- 

 bari (T. Ishikawa! June 1896); Utashinaitanzan (Y. Tokubuchi! Sept. 1892); 

 Nopporo (S. Sato!'^ Sept. 14, 191 7 & Oct. 1918).— jPrc'z^. Teshio : The middle Te- 

 shio (K. Jimbo ! i889);Teshio (S. Hori ! Aug. 30, 1887) ; River Kotanbetsu (T. I- 

 shikawa! Sept. 1892). — Prov. Iburi: Rebungetoge (K. Miyabe! Aug. 17, 1890); 



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