170 Postelsia 
times, especially on vigorous’ well-lighted 
branches, large, wide and almost obtuse. The 
cones are borne on the upper branches of the 
tree. The unripe cones are pale yellow or 
ruddy, the ripe cones a glistening grayish-brown. 
They fall soon after the discharge of the seed 
and are conspicuous beneath the. treesau ihe 
bracts of the mature cones are fairly conspicuous, 
about one-half the length of the scales, ob- 
lanceolate, serrate above, slightly acuminate. 
The scales are very thin and flexible. The seeds 
are small and long-winged. The seedling has 
usually five needle-like somewhat glaucous seed- 
leaves. 
The wood of the tideland spruce is light, 
soft, and straight-grained. It is used consider- 
ably for lumber. 
Abies Engelmanni Parry. Trans. St. Louis 
Acad. 2:122.1863. [Picea Engelmanni (Parry) 
Engelmann.| Engelmann Spruce. 
A large tree, or in high alpine situations a 
shrub; leaves soft and flexible, strong-smelling, 
blue-green, quadrangular, with stomata on all 
sides; - branchlets pubescent; cones oblong, 
