ON THE SYNONYMY OF VARIOUS CONIFERS. 821 
Fig. 37. — Phyllule "à | УА 
of Abies bifolia. мүр 
. В. Ве ted “Ж 
too small and not Fig. 38.—Male catkins of Abies Е. 39.— The scale. 
sufficiently crowded. bifolia. 
comparative table, the bract, which is well marked by its very long middle 
tooth half the length of the whole bract, and the almost total absence of 
any peduncle. The seeds in Dr. Lyall’s specimens were very small; the 
wing rounded in front and widest about the middle (No. 11 of comparative 
table of seeds), 
The diagnosis of this species is as follows, viz, :— 
ABIES, з PICEA BIFoLta,—Foliis novis planis et apice obtuse rotundatis pedun- 
culatis et basi semi-tortis, foliis vetustis apice acutis subtetragonis haud pedunculatis 
et haud basi tortis; amentis masculis brevibus rufo-purpureis ; strobilis purpureis, 
squamis bracteis parvis sessilibus dente medio longo; seminibus alis medio latissimis 
antice sub-rotun atis 
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Found on the Galton range of the Rocky Mountains in 49°N. lat., near 
the sources of the Columbia River, about 7000 feet above the level of the 
sea. The native Colville Indian name is Marielp. 
1863.—ABIES AMABILIS. 
Among the specimens collected by Dr. Lyall were a supply of Douglas's 
grandis. A reference to the comparativetable of the outlines of cones (No. 8), 
to йд: 40, showing the scale and bract, and to No. 9 of the 
table of magnified bracts, and to No. 9 of that of the seeds, e 
not only shows that they truly belong to that species, but ) 
also are instructive as illustrating the kind and degree of 
Variation which takes place in the different parts in these 
Species. The jagged bi-lobed bract retains its character 
end every phase, although the length of its ee pi 
0 vary with its maturity. The size of the cone also see 
to vary, but more in length than in breadth, The form of the wing of the 
Seed seems more variable than that of any other part. 
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Fig. 40. — The 
sate and bract. 
