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but which name Linmeus afterwards changed to that of Picea, 

 on account of the abundance of resinous matter produced by 

 the tree. Again, more recently Professor Link proposed the 

 restoration of its older name, under that of Abies vera ; a sug- 

 gestion which has been followed by nearly all the continental 

 writers, but rejected by those in England and America ; hence 

 the reverse of names applied to the Silver Firs and Spruces on 

 the continent, to those used in this country and America. 



Section I. BRACTEATA, or those kinds with the 



BRACTEAS ON THE CONES NOT HIDDEN BY THE SCALES, 

 AND EITHER PROJECTING OR REFLEXED. 



No. 1. Picea Apollinis, Ranch, the Apollo Silver Fir. 

 Syn. Picea. Cephalonica Apollinis, Gordon. 

 Kukunaria, Wenderth. 

 Abies Apollinis, Link. 

 pectinata Apollinis, Endlicher. 

 rleginse Amalise, Heldreich. 

 Peloponnesiaca, German Gardens. 

 Cephalonica Arcadica, Henk. 

 Parnassica, Henk. 



Panachaica, Heldreich. 

 Pinus Apollinis, Antoine. 

 Peloponnesiaca, Haage. 



This kind agrees in . several respects both with the common 

 Silver Fir (Picea pectinata), with which Professor Endlicher 

 associated it in his " Synopsis Coniferarum," and the Cepha- 

 lonian Fir (Picea Cephalonica) with which I myself identified 

 it in the " Pinetum," and with which kind it entirely agrees 

 both in its cones and habit of growth, but differs more or less 

 in the shape and size of its leaves, which appear to be nearly 

 intermediate between those of the two species, some of the 

 leaves being long, linear, flat, and more or less rounded at the 

 ends, and of a glossy deep green above, with a slight furrow 



