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notched at summit, the midribs prolonged into a long-exserted bristle y 2 to 

 1% inches long and y 2 line wide; seeds reddish brown, 3% lines long with a 

 broad wing 4 to 5 lines long and rounded at apex. 



Rocky mountain peaks and deep canons, Santa Lucia Mts. Not found 

 elsewhere. The known localities in the range from north to south are as 

 follows: 1. Big Sur Canon. 2. Millers Canon, on watershed of the Carmel 

 River. 3. Arrcyo Seco Canon. 4. Twin Peaks and Cone Peak. 5. Canon 

 near Los Potranchos. 6. Caiiada de Los Potranchos. 7. Bear Canon near 

 Punta Gorda. 8. Villa Canon. 9. San Carpoforo Canon. Restricted in 



FIG. 11. ABIES VEXUSTA Koch, remarkable for its long sharp-pointed leaves and long bristly 

 bracts, a, Cone-bearing branchlet; b, scale and bract; c, seed. nat. size. 



range and also isolated from all other species in the genus, there being no 

 other fir within 225 miles to the north, 140 miles to the east and 120 miles 

 southeasterly. 



Eefs. ABIES VENUSTA Koch, Dendr. vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 210 (1873). Finns venusta Douglas, 

 Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. 2, p. 152 (1836). P. bracteata Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. 17, p. 442 

 (1837). Abies bracteata Nuttall, Sylva, vol. 3, p. 137, t. 118 (1842) ; Engelmann in Bot. Cal. 

 Tol. 2, p. 118 (1880). 



TAXODIACEAE. REDWOOD FAMILY. 



Trees with linear or awl-shaped alternate leaves. Staminate and ovulate 

 catkins on the same tree. Staminate catkins small and cone-like. Scales of the 

 ovulate catkins spirally arranged, more or less blended with the bract, often 



