164 DWABF AND SLOW-GEOWING C0NIFEB8 



radially, and having the appearance of Abies Pinsapo, 

 My plant is already 4 feet high, and will, I think, become a 

 fair-sized tree. 



P. Douglasi, var. leptophylla. 



Buds. — Small — J to f inch; conical, acute; bright red. 



Branches. — Ascending at a narrow angle. 



Branchlets. — Annual growth | inch to IJ inches; dark 

 shiny brown; very fine, thin, and sparsely borne; also 

 ascending at a very narrow angle; pubescence thin and 

 scattered. 



Leaves. — Radial, all pointing up at a narrow angle; 

 very slender, narrow, and heath-hke; | to J inch; dark 

 shining green above with sunken median groove; under 

 side a stomatic band with a barely perceptibly raised 

 midrib. 



A form which I found making a small f astigiate shrub ; 

 now 15 inches by 4 J inches. Buds small; branchlets and 

 leaves very small and slender. 



P. Douglasi, var. brevifolia. Mast. {Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 xxvii., p. 244). 



Is described as a plant of dwarf growth, with short 

 leaves arranged radially. 



This description seems to fit a form sent to me as 

 var. taxifolia, and said to be propagated from a collected 

 Alpine form. 



Buds. — ^linute; about |inch; ovoid; obtuse ; dark brown. 

 Bud scale-tips rather free, with round cihate margins. 



Branches. — Short, stout, and few; horizontal or sHghtly 

 ascending. 



Branchlets. — Few; very short; annual growth 1 inch to 

 IJ inches; light red-brown, with shght scattered pubes- 

 cence. 



Leaves. — Radial; very densely crowded; slightly more 

 so on the outer or upper side ; pointing forward and sHghtly 

 recurved. Stout but very small; from J to nearly J inch 

 long and just under yV hich wide; uniform in width, not 



