PINACEiE 337 



Picea Maximo wiczii, Regel. 

 Maximowicz's Spruce. 



Abies Maximowiczii, Neumann ; Picoa obovata, var. japonica, Beissner. 



Usually a small, densely branched tree, 40-50 ft. high, of 

 pyramidal outline, but occasionally 150 ft. high, with a trunk 15 

 or more ft. in girth. Bark greyish brown or light grey, rough and 

 fissured. Branches many and slender, horizontal and ascending. 

 Young shoots reddish brown, glabrous at first, becoming paler 

 with age. Buds conical or ovoid, about \ in. long, with resinous 

 scales. Leaves spreading at right-angles to the shoots, pointing 

 slightly forwards, |-| in. long, quadrangular in section, dark green, 

 tipped with a short, blunt point, with hnes of stomata on all four 

 surfaces. Cones cylindrical, l|-2 in. long, pale green when young, 

 shimng brown when ripe ; scales with rounded entire margins. 



Distinguished by its short, spreading leaves and resinous buds. 



P. Maximowiczii, a rare and little known spruce, is a native 

 of Japan, where it occurs in two remote locaUties in the central 

 island. It was discovered on Mount Fujyama by Tschonoski, a 

 Japanese collector, in 18G1. It has since been re-discovered on 

 the Yatsuga-dake, a high mountain on the border of Kai and 

 Shinano provinces in Cent. Japan, by Koyama, from 3,600-5,000 

 ft. altitude, where, according to Wilson, it is fairly common as a 

 low, bushy tree. 



This species is sometimes found in collections but is uncommon 

 and not very suitable for cultivation in Britain. The best results 

 may be expected on moist, rather light soils, in the cooler parts 

 of the country. 



Clinton-Baker, op. cit. iii, G8 (1913) ; Wilson, Conifers of Japan, p. 38 (1916). 



Picea Morinda, Link. (Fig. 75.) 

 West Himalayan Spruce. 



Picea Smithiana, Boissier ; Abies Kliutrow, Loudon ; A. Smithiana, 

 Foi'bes ; Pinus Khutiow, Royle ; P. Smithiana, Lambert. 



A taU stately tree of pendulous habit, attaining in the Him- 

 alaya a height of 200 or more ft. and a girth of 20 ft. Bark 

 brownish grey with shallow furrows and rounded or squarish 

 scales. Branches conspicuously drooping. Young shoots pale 

 brown or greyish, shining, without hairs. Buds spindle-shaped, 

 I in. long, with reddish brown, closely overlapping scales ; the 

 terminal bud with awl-shaped scales at its base. Leaves spreading 

 aU round the shoot, incurved, pointing forwards, long and slender, 

 about 1| in. long, dark green, tapering to a fine, horny point, 

 quadrangular in section, with about two lines of stomata on all 

 four sides. Cones cylindric, but tapering at each end, 4—7 in. 

 long, l|-2 in. wide, bright green when growing, bright brown 



