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notched at summit, the midribs prolonged into a long-exserted bristle lo to 

 1% inches long and ^o ^^'■^'^ wide; seeds reddish brown, 3I/2 lines long with a 

 broad wing 4 to 5 lines long and rounded at apex. 



Rocky mountain peaks and deep canons, Santa Lucia Mts. Not found 

 elsewhere. The known localities in the range from north to south are as 

 follows : 1. Big Sur Caiion. 2. jMillers Caiion, on watershed of the Carmel 

 River. 3. Arroyo Seco Caiion. 4. Twin Peaks and Cone Peak. 5. Caiion 

 near Los Potranchos. 6. Caiiada de Los Potranchos. 7. Bear Cafion near 

 Pvuita Gorda. 8. Villa Canon. 9. San Carpoforo Canon. Restricted in 



Fig. 11. Abies venusta Koch, remarkable for its long sliarp-poiuted leaves and long bristly 

 bracts, a, Cone-bearing branchlet; b. scale anil bract; c, seed. nat. size. 



range and also isolated from all other species in the genus, there lieing no 

 other fir within 225 miles to the north, 140 miles to the east and 120 mil(>s 



southeasterly. 



Refs.— Abies venusta Koeh, Dendr. vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 210 (1873). Pinus vciiu.sta Douglas, 

 Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. 2, p. 1.52 (18.36). P. bracteata Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. 17, p. 442 

 (!8;i7). Abies bracteata Xuttall, Sylva, vol. 3, p. 137, t. 118 (1842); Engelmann in Bot. Cal. 

 vol. 2, p. 118 (1880). 



TAXODIACEAE. Kkdwood Family. 

 Trees with linear or awl-shaped alternate leaves. Staminate ami ovulate 

 catkins on the same tree. Staminate catkins small and eone-like. Scales of the 

 ovulate catkins spirally arranged, luDre or less blended witli the liraet. often 



