PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 2599 



P. P. Z/e?»onuina. Page 2213. line 12., for " 2101.," read "2103. in p. 2216." 



P. hnlepensis. 2231. Professor Link, speaking of this species, says that 

 Lambert has given a good figure of it; but that he is wrong in stating 

 that the cones are single, as they are never less than two or three 

 together on wild trees. (JBerl. Abhand., p. 177.) 



P. h. maritima. This pine, which Link calls P. niaritima, has, he states, the 

 cones on long footstalks, bent downwards, and in clusters of at least 

 two or three together. (Ibid., p. 177.) 



P. briitia. Page 2234. Professor Link describes this species as forming a tree as 

 lofty as P. Larlcio. The cones, he adds, are 

 not sessile, but on very short footstalks, a little 

 bent downwards. The wing of the seed is 

 from 6 to 8 lines long, sword-shaped, narrow 

 at the base, but widening gradually towards 

 the summit. It is a very handsome tree, 

 and is easily distinguished by its very long ^^ 

 slender leaves, and nearly smooth cones ; the -» 

 points of the scales being very much pressed 

 in. (Fbid., p. 176.) 



P. variabilis. 2243. 1. 45. After " The buds in Mr. 

 Lambert's figure appear to be resinous," add : 

 " and are nearly smooth (see Jig. 2540.) ; " 

 " but." ^-. 



.ana. 2267., for " Otto" read " Schiede et 

 Deppe" as the authority for the name. In 

 the list of Engravings, for "our 7%5. 2180. and 2181.," read "our 

 figs. 2177, to 2179. ;" and add, after full stop : " The cone, seed, and 

 scale are from specimens kindly sent to us by M. Otto of Berlin." 



Kbies. 2293. Professor Link, in 1827, divided the species which compose 

 this genus, from Pinus under the name of Picea, the Latin for the 

 spruce fir, as Jbies is for the silver fir ; the mistake of the older 

 botanists, which was followed by Linnasus, in reversing these names, 

 having led to great confusion. 



" This genus," Professor Link observes, " approaches the nearest 

 to that of Pinus, and, upon close inspection, still more so than at the 

 first glance. For instance, if the leaves that stand singly are examined 

 minutely, it will be seen that several of them have their surfaces (ober- 

 flachen) grown together ; and, consequently, they are in tufts, like the 

 leaves of the pine. As a proof that this is the case, it will be found 

 that there is no upper surface on the leaves of the fir ; but that the 

 leaves present only the under surface on both sides, as will be seen on 

 comparing them with the leaves of the pine. The seam (fuge) where 

 the leaves are joined may be distinctly seen : it forms a line in relief 

 on both sides of the leaves of the common spruce ; which is never the 

 case when such a line is formed by the midrib, because it is then either 

 on the upper or under side. Some firs have two leaves grown 

 together, others four. The sheaths at the base of the leaves are not 

 observable, but they appear to have grown together in the short foot- 

 stalk." 



A. excelsa, 2293., add to " Synonymes :" "Picea vulgaris Link in Berl. 

 Abhaiid., p. 180." 



2295., add to the paragraph headed "Other Varieties:" " Pinus viminjilis 

 Alstroem., the Hangetanne of Sweden, with long, slender, pendulous, 

 leafless twigs, is a kind frequently found in spruce fir woods ; but 

 Link considers it only a variety of the common spruce. (Bei-l. 

 Abhand., p. 182.) The Earl of Aberdeen mentions a spruce at Hare- 

 wood House, Yorkshire, resembling very much the A. e. tenuifolia, or 

 A. e. elegans, in leaves and shoots. ' The tree,' His Lordship ob- 

 serves, ' is of a peculiar habit and character. It is about 40 ft. high ; 

 the branches are all slender, and point upwards, giving the tree a 



