CHAP. CXIU 



CONIFERS. PI CEA. 



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supposed to be the female, of the same age, was 4 ft. high. Phints, in the 

 London nurseries, are 5s. each ; and at Bollwyller, 3 francs. 



i 5. P. gra'ndis Doiigl. The great Silver Fir, 



Si/nonymcs. Plnus grandis Dougl. MS., Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 9i. ; A''\)ies grandis Lindl. in Penny 



Ci/cl , No. 3. ; the great Californian Fir. 

 En<;rau>ngs. Lamb. I'in., S. t. 9+. ; our Ji-^.2'2i5 from Lambert's Pinus, vol. iii., aud fg. 92i6., from 



Douglas's specimens in the herbarium of the Horticultural Society, and the tree in the garden. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves flat, obtuse, emargi- 

 nate, pectinate, silvery beneath. Cones cylin- 

 drical; bracteoles ovate, acuniinate, irregu- 



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larly dentate, very short. (Z)oh m Lamb. Pin.) 

 Leaves from ^ in. to 1 in. long. Cones, ac- 

 cording to Lambert, G^in. long and SAin. 

 broad; but in Douglas's specimens the largest 

 cones are only 3h in. long, and 2 in. broad,tlie 

 others being much smaller. Scale J in. long, 

 and J in. broad. Seed small ; with the wing, 

 §in. long, and fin. broad. A native of the 

 north-west of America; discovered by Dou- 

 glas, and introduced by him in 1831. 



Description. A noble tree, akin to P. balsamea, 

 to 200 ft. high, with a brown bark. Leaves pectinate and spreading, linear, 

 roundish at the apex, emarginate, callous on the margin, quite entire; green 

 and shining above, silvery beneath, somewhat dilated towards the apex ; 

 1 in. long. Cones lateral solitary, cylindrical, obtuse, very similar to P. 

 Cedrus, but larger, 6 in. long, of a chestnut-brovvn colour; scales transverse, 

 very broad, lamelliform, deciduous, stalked, inciu'ved on the margin, quite 

 entire. Bracteoles ovate-acuminate, irregularly crenulate on the margin, 

 much shorter than the scales, included. Seeds oblong, with a coriaceous 

 testa ; wing very broad, axe-shaped, truncate at the apex, slightly scarious 

 and membranaceous, brittle, shining, pale. (^Lamb. and Dong/, in Comp. 



7 M 4 



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 growing from 170 ft. 



