503 SKETCH OF THE CONIFERS OP JAPAJf. 



Pimis AbieSy Thuiib., Flor, Jap., 276, apud Siebold (excl. Syn.), 



non Lind. 

 Ahies^ Torano. Sieb. in Yerhandl. vau Het. Batav, Genotscli. 



xii. 19. 

 Pinus polita, Aut.; Coiiif. 95, t 30, f. 1 (1846). 



19 99 



Endl., Syu. Conif, 121 (1847). 



Picea polita, Carriere, Traite Gen, Conif. 256 (1855). 



Tordnowo-Momi, Jup. ^ Alies cauda Tigridls (i. e. Momi = Abies — Tordno' 



wo ^ Cauda Tigridh)j Johi Sjo., Sin, 



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x\bies foliis perennibus brevibus crassis linearibus rigidis inu- 

 cronato-acutis sessilibus tetragonis integerrimis sub-arcuatis, in 

 spiram positis nee distichis, phyllulis rbombeis, pulvinis couvexis 

 apice longe protractis, strobilis squama e basi cuneatis obovatis 

 rotundatis coriaceis glaberrimis, bracteis minimis linearibus obtu- 

 sis, strobilis terminalibus solitariis- 



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Crescit in altis montibus septentrionalis partis insulgs Nippon 

 sylvas integras constituens. Culta occurrit passim in lucis ad 

 templa deorum v. c. prope Miako et Jedo. 



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A bandsome tree, entirely of tlie habit of Abies cxcelsa (the 

 Common Spruce), Branclilcts pale ferruginous, cylindrical, but 

 rendered angular and rougli by convex pulvini very much 

 produced at the apex, diverging horizontally from the branch ; in 

 other respects glabrous : phyllulse transversely rhomboidal on the 

 produced summit of the pulvini (fig. 131). Buds covered ^vith 

 scales, thick, rather acutely ovate: scales numerous, placed in 

 many rows, very densely imbricated, ovato-rhomboidal, obtuse or 

 only slightly acute subcarinate, firm, glabrous, and as it were 

 polished, brown surrounded by a blackish margin, remaining for 

 several years at the base of the branchlet after it has grown, and 

 closely soldered into a cylindrical tube from 4 to 6 lines in length, 

 which then becomes wholly blackish, forming a contrast with the 

 ferruginous twigs whose base it encircles (fig, 132). Leaves per- 

 sistent for seven years, spirally alternate, not distichous, sessile, 

 linear, short, thick, slightly curved, with a somewhat sharp point, 

 entire, tetragonal in conseqence of the midrib being very 

 prominent on each side, with the faces slightly hollowed (fig. 133), 

 and all marked with from 8 to 10 rows of stomata, not 

 deeply impressed, rigid glabrous bright green, from 6 to 10 lines 

 long (fig. 134). Flowers not observed. The mature cones (fig. 

 130 & 140) elliptical, rounded at both ends, from 4 to 5 inches' 



