92 ABIES. 
ex unguiculata basi cuneato orbiculatz, 6 lineas longe, 6 —8 
lineas lat: , limbo integerrimo calloso-inerassato. Semen duas 
lineas longum, basi acutum, pallide fuscum, nigro variegatum, 
ad tactum levissimum ab ala acinaciformi venis nigricantibus 
pieta dissiliens, margine angustissimo in repli modum cum ala 
continuo. 
8. Prwvs mELIGIOSA Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. 
Abies foliis subdistichis linearibus acutis calloso-mucro- 
natis subtus argenteis v. utrinque concoloribus, strobili 
ovati bracteis exsertis lineari spathulatis, apice rotundato 
eroso-denticulato abrupte cuspidatis reflexis, squamis un- 
guiculatis reniformi-orbicularibus. 
. Pinus religiosa Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. Nov. gen. et sp. H. 5. 
Schiede et Deppe in Linnea V. 11. XII. 480. Lambert Pin. 
Ed. 2. II. 16. t. 43. Antoine Conif. 15. t. 28. f. 2. 
Abies religiosa Lindley in Penny Cyclop. I. n. 6. 
Picea religiosa Loudon Arboret. Brit. IV. 2349. f. 2251. En- 
cyclop. of trees 1049. f. 1965 — 1967. 
Oyamel Mexican. 
Habitat in Mexico inter Masantla et. Chilpantzingo alt. 
^000^ (Humb. et Bonpl.), in regione frigida Orizabe ad ar- 
borum. terminum (Schied. et Depp.) ad Real del monte, in 
Cerro de Oyamel et. inter. Moran et Omitlan (C. Ehrenb.), 
nec non in montibus Anganguco alt. 8000 — 9000'. (Hartweg.) 
Arbor Pino Abieti et P. balsamez simillima, trunco interdum 
centum et quinquagintapedali, diametro orgyali. Ramuli sub- 
teretes, ferruginei, glabri, resinosi. Folia undique inserta, 
pectinato patentia, linearia, plana, pollicem v. sesquipollicem 
longa, lineam v. sesquilineam lata, calloso mucronata, supra 
lete viridia, canaliculata, subtus inter carinam prominulam mar- 
ginesque incrassatos integerrimos subreflexos utrinque fascia 
argenteo nitente v. glaucescente notata, v. in stirpe adultiore 
etiam fere concolora. Strobili subsessiles, erecti, ovato oblongi, 
obtusi, 2—5' longi, diametro pollicari v. sesquipollicari, sordide 
fusco violacei. Bractez exsertze, squamis parum longiores, spa- 
thulatae, inferne cum squama connatae, apice exserto arcte re- 
