106 SPECIES OF ABIES DETERMINED BY 



No. 1 (89). Pinus (Pseudotsuga) nobilis, Dongl., Pari. 

 Abies nobilis, Linn. 

 Picea nobilis, Loudon. 



Leaves projecting upwards on the upper side of the shoot ; leaf 

 with an obtuse apex. Stoniata on both sides^of the leaf. Leaves 

 on the vegetative shoot furrowed on the upper side. Hypodercna 

 chiefly developed at the margins of the leaf and below the longi- 

 tudinal furrow. Resin canals close to the under surface of the 

 leaf. 



Very many specimens of P. nobilis, native and cultivated, have 

 been examined. The leaves are rather variable, being flattened 

 in young plants, and on the cone-bearing shoots approaching that 

 of the next species, P. magnified. I have examined specimens 

 from Douglas, and also from Jeffrey (No. 398). 



No. 2. Pinus (Pseudotsuga) magnified. 



Abies magnifica, A. Murray, Syn. var. Conif., p. 27. 

 Abies amabilis, Parlatore, under 102. 

 Abies robusta, Hort. 



Leaves rounded or acute at the apex, more or less tetragonal, not 

 grooved on the upper surface. Stomata on both sides of the leaf. 

 Hypoderma well developed. Resin canals close to lower epider- 

 mis, surrounded by hypoderma. 



Many specimens of this have been examined, both cultivated 

 and native. The specimens from Lobb are in Kew Herbarium. 

 It was also sent home by Jeffrey (No. 1480, part), and is exten- 

 sively cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, under 

 the names magnifica and robusta. It is very closely related to P. 

 nobilis, but separated at once by the short bracts of the cone. The 

 bracts are well figured by Mr Andrew Murray, Syn. of var. Conif., 

 p. 28, fig. 42. It is difficult to understand how Parlatore could 

 have confounded it with his P. amabilis, and it seems inexcusable 

 when he had Mr Murray's most excellent figures before him. 



A specimen of amabilis (Douglas) in Kew Herbarium, and sent 

 to me by Professor Oliver, as the type of Douglas's species, is either 

 magnifica or nobilis, so that some confusion must have been made 

 at a very early time. Further investigation will, however, be 

 made on this point. 



