102 SPECIES OF ABIES DETERMINED BY 



Kennedy, in the Museum, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and 

 named A. Pindrow. Both these are distinguished by the position 

 of the resin canal, which is in the parenchyma of the leaf. It 

 requires further investigation. 



No. 15 (101). Pinus (Abies) sibirica, Turcz., Parlatore. 

 Abies sibirica, Ledeb. 



Leaves with the apex rounded or slightly truncate. No stomata 

 on the upper surface. Hypoderma wanting. Resin canals in the 

 parenchyma of the leaf. 



Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and in the 

 Glasnevin Garden, Dublin, under the name of A. pichta. Also 

 received from Elvaston Nurseries as A. sibirica. Anatomically a 

 most distinct species, most nearly related to A. balsamea and 

 Fraseri, but at once distinguished by the form of the leaf, the 

 total absence of any trace of hypoderm cells, and the absence of 

 stomata on the upper surface of the leaf. 



No. 16. Abies amabilis, Douglas (not Parlatore). 



Leaves rounded and emarginate at the apex, peculiarly arranged, 

 forming two lateral rows, and those on the upper side of the shoot 

 twisted so as to bring their upper surfaces superiorly, and placed 

 with their axes nearly parallel to the long axis of the shoot. No 

 stomata on the upper surface. Hypoderma well developed, forming 

 a thick, slightly interrupted layer of cells. Resin canals close to 

 the epidermis of the under side of the leaf. 



Many specimens of this species have been examined. It is the 

 amabilis of gardens, the Abies grandis of A. Murray ("Synonyms 

 of Various Conifers," p. 18), who figures the peculiar arrangement 

 of the leaves (op. cit., p. 19, fig. 20). It is cultivated in the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, at Elvaston Nurseries, and by Mr 

 Anthony Waterer, as amabilis. Three specimens in Kew Herba- 

 rium, collected by Dr Lyall, have also been examined. On the 

 Continent it is known as Abies spectabilis, Herpin de Fremont, 

 (teste, Bertrand). Parlatore confounds it with lasiocarpa of Hooker 

 and Abies bifolia of Andrew Murray, the description given by 

 Parlatore referring to bifolia, Murray. 



This species was sent home by Jeffrey as No. 409, and was de- 

 scribed and figured as Picea lasiocarpa, Balfour. No plants seem 

 to have grown from Jeffrey's seeds, as all the plants called lasio- 

 carpa are grandis. The examination of the original specimen in 



