PICE A 111 



P. excelsa, var. procumbens, Carr. (" Conif.," ii. 333). 



Syn. : var. prostrata, Schneider ("Silvo Taur. Friel.- 

 Nadelh," 230, 1913). 

 Abies excelsa procumbens, Hort. 

 A. excelsa expansa, Hort. 



Buds. — Small, conical, acute, dark brown. 



Branchhts. — Annual growth IJ to 2 J inches; light 

 yellow; not very stout but stiff; branches and branchlets 

 in flat layers and aU pointing forward. 



Leaves. — Arranged pectinately; branchlets bare below; 

 side ranks point out and slightly forward, upper leaves 

 very crowded and pointing directly forward. Leaves thin 

 and flat; yeUow- green; tips sometimes slightly incurved. 

 Leaves vary in length from J to J inch, the shortest being 

 at the base and bud ends of branchlet, and the longest 

 in the middle of branchlet. 



A low bushy plant with branches spreading horizontally 

 over the ground. A good specimen of this variety in the 

 Arnold Arboretum measures about 1 8 inches high by about 

 4 feet across. 



A second form of this variety is in cultivation, differing 

 very slightly from the above; its habit is rather more 

 vigorous, and its leaves and branchlets all point forward 

 at a very acute angle. 



P. excelsa, var. dumosa, Carr. (" Conif.," ii. 332) and 

 Beissner (not Kew). 



Is said to be like var. procumbens, a bushy tufted shrub 

 with branches spreading almost horizontally over the 

 ground; numerous thin, woody branchlets and short 

 straight-pointed leaves placed far apart. I have never 

 seen it in cultivation. 



P. excelsa, var. repens, Simon-Louis (" Mitt. d. d. d. Ges.," 

 1888, p. 85). 



Buds. — Minute, ovoid, pale yellow. 



