SPRUCE FIRS. 17 



with horizontal branches and straight branchlcts, little forked, 

 found on the Real del Monte mountains, in Mexico, at an 

 elevation of from 8000 to 9000 feet, and in the Oregon country. 



Abies Douglasii fastigiata, Knvjht. 



A variety with its branches ascending, and much more 

 conical and compact in its outline than the species. 



No. 13. Abiks JEZOENSfs, Siebold, the Jezo Fir. 

 Syn. Picea Jczoensis, Carriere. 

 „ Pinus Jezoensis, Endlicher. 



Leaves, solitary, somewhat in two rows, or spirally scattered 

 all round the shoots, persistent, spreading, and remaining on 

 the branches for several years ; from 1 to 2 inches long, and 

 from 1 to 1| line broad, linear-lanceolate, tapering to a sharp 

 point, straight, or very slightly falcate, smooth, flat, and glossy, 

 of a light yellowish green colour on the upper surface, and a 

 little more pallid on the under, but not glaucous, with a project- 

 ing rib along the middle on both faces, but especially along the 

 upper surface, where it is very sharp and elevated, terminating 

 in a long slender point, frequently of a dark brown colour on 

 the adult leaves, which are sessile and very entire ; buds, small, 

 and surrounded by long slender scales ; branches, in whorls, 

 slender and horizontal, lower ones frequently bent downwards 

 at the ends, lateral ones quite straight, slender, and stiff; 

 young shoots, smooth, of a rusty brown, and somewhat downy, 

 by the numerous short hairs on their surface when quite young. 

 Cones, erect, or more or less so, somewhat terminal on long 

 footstalks, oblong or cylindrical, slightly tapering to the point, 

 quite straight, rather narrow, and smooth, from 6 to 7 inches 

 long, and 1| of an inch in diameter; scales, numerous, very 

 broad, concave, rounded at the edges, irregularly crenulated 

 on the margins, smooth, thin, rather loosely placed, but per- 

 sistent, nearly equal all over in size and 1 \ inch broad ; seeds, 

 angular, soft, and full of turpentine, like those of the Piceas; 

 wing, short, but very broad, and rounded at the ends. 



A line large tree, 60 feet high, with a straight stem, covered 



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