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couver Island, but as it occurs in the coast ranges 

 of the mainland and in the Olympic Mountains, 

 it will almost certainly be found on the high 

 mountains of the interior of the island. It is 

 an alpine tree, growing with Picea Eiigelmanni 

 and Tsitij^ii Mertensiana. It has usually a re- 

 markably narrow, spire-like form, but near 

 timber line it is frequently reduced to a matted 

 shrub less than a meter high. 



Abies grandis Lindley. Penny Cycl. 1:30. 

 1833. White Fir. 



A tall, somewhat slender tree with leaves 

 dark glossy green above, silvery white beneath, 

 two-ranked and somewhat remote on sterile 

 lateral branches, more crowded on leading 

 shoots and fertile branches, rounded, notched, 

 or sometimes pointed at the apex, 2-5 centimeters 

 long; cones cylindrical, 5-8 centimeters long, 

 2.5-4 centimeters thick; cone-scales thick, two 

 to three times as long as the obcordate, laciniate, 

 abruptly mucronate bracts: seeds about i centi- 

 meter long, with wide wings about i . 5 centi- 

 meters long. Along the coast from Vancouver 

 Island to northern California, eastward to 

 Montana. 



