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ABIES : OR 



Abies rubra ccerulea, Loudon. 

 Syn. Abies coerulea, Loddiges. 

 „ „ rubra violacea, Loudon. 

 „ Pinus rubra violacea, Endlicher. 

 „ Picea coerulea. Link. 

 This is a slenderer and dwarfer variety, growing only 6 or 8 

 feet high, with bluish grey foliage, and violet-coloured cones. 



No. 9. Abies Smithiana, Loudon^ the Indian Spruce Fir. 



Syn. Abies Khutrow, Loudon. 



„ „ Morinda, Hort. 



„ „ spinulosa, Griffith. 



„ „ Torano, Siehold. 



„ ,, polita, Zuccarini. 



„ Picea polita, Carriere. 



„ „ Morinda, Link. 



„ „ Khutrow, Carriere. 



„ Pinus Khutrow, Royle. 



„ „ Morinda, Hort. 



„ „ Smithiana, Lambert. 



„ „ Abies, Thunherg. 



„ „ polita, Antoine. 



■ Leaves, singly at nearly equal distances around the shoots, 

 mostly four-sided, somewhat curved, from 1| to 2 inches long, 

 scattered and with excessive sharp points. Branches, spread out 

 horizontal, those nearest the bottom somewhat bent downwards, 

 lateral ones very numerous, slender and drooping. Cones, pen- 

 dulous, when fully matured, from 4 to 6 inches long, and 2g 

 inches broad, ovate-oblong, or nearly cylindrical, with very 

 even, brown, obovate, rounded scales, coloured with a glaucous 

 bloom when young, the young cones are at first upright, but 

 from their own weight and the slenderness of the branches, and 

 being terminal, soon become pendulous ; seeds, very small, and 

 nearly black, wings rather small. 



A magnificent tree, found on the lofty mountains of the inte- 

 rior, from Bootan up to Kafristan, at elevations of from 7000 

 to 12,000 feet, and is not only a very superb, but very 



