152 PICEA ; OR 



of branches, which stand horizontal, and a trunk frequently six 

 or eight feet in diameter. 



The Common Silver Fir is found all over the Alps, from east 

 to west, and on the Alps of Piedmont. It is principally found 

 at an elevation of from 2,000 to 4,500 feet, and grows on the 

 whole chain of the Apennines, from north to south, and on the 

 mountains of Middle Europe, but is not found on the moun- 

 tains of the North of Europe. It is also found on the Pyrenees, 

 is common on the higher mountains of Greece, and has the fol- 

 ing varieties, viz, : — 



PicEA FECTiNATA LEiocLADA, Horty the Smooth-branchcd 

 Silver Fur. 

 Syn. Abies cilicica, Kotsch. 

 „ „ leioclada, Stevens. 

 ,, Pinus Picea, Tournefort. 

 „ Picea cilicica, Hort. 

 „ Abies candicans, Fischer. 

 „ „ pectinata leioclada, Endlicher. 

 „ „ Picea leioclada, Lindley. 



Leaves, solitary, flat, in a double series, two-rowed, pointed, 

 dark green above, silvery beneath. Branches and branchlets 

 quite smooth, (not hairy when young, as in the common Silver 

 Fir). Cones, like those of the Silver Fir (Picea pectinata), and 

 of which this, as Professor Endlicher observes, may be a variety, 

 an opinion which, from all appearance, I think correct. 



It is a tall tree, from Asia Minor, on Mount Taurus, and the 

 summit of Adshar, above Guriel, where Tournefort long ago 

 observed it, and considered it not different from the Silver Fir. 



Picea pectinata pyramidalis, Hort, 

 Syn. Picea pectinata fastigiata. Booth. 



„ „ Metensis, Hort. 



,, Metensis, French Gardens. 



„ Rinzi, Hort. 

 Abies Rinzi, Hort. Paris. 



„ pectinata pyramidalis, Hort. 



This variety differs in the branches growing more erect and 



