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9. Balsamea. 



P. 



foliis 



solitariis 



planis, emarginatis in- 

 tegrisve, subtus glaucis, 

 subpectinatis, supra 

 suberectis, reciirvato- 



patentibus; conis cylin- 

 draceis erectis, bracte- 

 olis abbreviatis obova- 

 lis, longe mucronatis, 

 subserrulatis. 



Leaves solitary, flat, 

 emarginate or entire, 

 glaucous urtderneath, 

 somewhat pectinate, at 

 the summit nearly e- 

 rect, below recurved, 

 expanding; cones cy- 



lindrical, erect 



short, 



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brac- 



obovate. 



teas 



mucronate, slightly scr 

 rulate. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 504. Pursh, 2. p. 639. Nutt. 2. p. 223. 

 Abies Balsamifera, Mich. 2. p. 207. 



A small tree, rarely exceeding 30 to 40 feet in height, from 12 to 15 inch- 

 es in diameter^ the leaves 6 to 10 lines long, solitary, bright green on the up- 

 Cone solitary, erect, somewhat cylin- 

 The scales closely and handsomely imbricate, with the margins 

 thin and smooth. 



Thjs species, like all the rest of the firs, is only to be found in the South- 

 ern States on the highest summits of the Alleghany iMountains. The P. 

 Fraseri of Pursh seems only to be a variety of this species. It is commonly 

 called the Silver Fir, Balm of Gilead, or Balsam Fir. 



Flowers April — May. 



per surface, glaucous undeineath. 

 drtcal. 



10. Canadensis. 



Lin. 



P. 



foliis 



solitariis, 



planis, denticulatis, sub 

 distichis; strobilis ova- 



tis, 



terminalibus, vix 



folio longioribus. 



Leaves solitary, flat, 

 denticulate, somewhat 

 distichous; cones ovate 

 terminal, scarcely long- 

 er than the leaf. 



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Sp. pL 4. p. 505. Pursh, 2. p. 640. Nutt. p. 223. 



Abies Canadensis, Mich- 2. p, 206. 



Icon Abies Canadensis, Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 137. 



This tree, in favourable situations, attains a large size, and is found 70 — 

 ^0 feet high and 2 — 3 in diameterj its branches are generally horizontal, and 

 the leaves irregularly distichous, and somewhat crowded near the extremi- 

 «€8 of the branches which are also distichous. Leaves C — 8 lines long, flat, 



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