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ABIES LASIOCAEPA HOOK. AND ITS ALLIES. 



Abies 



BIFOLIA. 



Next in chronological order comes Abies bifolia, originally 

 described by the late Andrew Murray, in the * Proceedings of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society,' vol. iii. (1864), p. 318 (p. 29 of the 

 reprint), and figured by him in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' 

 April 10 (1875), p. 464, figs. 96, 97. This was originally described 

 by Murray from specimens collected by Dr. Lyall " on the 

 Galton range of the Rocky Mountains, in 49° N. lat., near the 

 sources of the Columbia River, about 7000 ft. above the level of 

 the sea. The native Colville Indian name is ' Marielp.' " Murray's 

 description runs thus : — 



Branch and cone of A. bifulia Murray (type). 



"Abies, s. g. Picea, bifolia: folhs novis planis et apice obtuse 

 rotundatis pedunculatis et basi semitortis ; foliis vetustis apice 

 acatis embtetragonis hand pedunculatis et hand basi tortis; amentia 

 mascuhs brevibus rufo-purpureis, strobilis purpureis, squamis, 



