1866] 



BRUNET — ON THE GENUS PICEA. 



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characteristic aspect. In places exposed to the force of the tem- 

 pests it becomes stunted in growth, creeping as it were, along the 

 soil. This is well shown in Anticosti, where, on the cliffs and at 

 the point of the island, these trees are seen extending from ten to 

 twenty feet in length, though scarcely five feet in height, and 

 forming a sort of hedge, which is almost insurmountable. In the 

 interior of the island, however, the tree assumes its ordinary 

 aspect. 



Picea alba, Link. 



A. Branch with cone, gathered in winter. 



B. Transverse section of leaf ; g. vascular bundles ; h. resiniferous 



canals ; x. parts of leaf where the stomata occur ; X 50 diameters. 



C. Point of leaf, enlarged ten diameters. 



D. Ripe seed with its wing. 



E. Seminal scale, dorsal view. 



F. End of a branch with a male flower. (May 27, 1863.) 



G. End of a branch with a female flower. (Ditto.) 



