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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1959. P. grandis. 



f 9. P. AMA'BILIS. The 

 lovely Silver Fir. 



Synonyms. Plnus amabilis Douglas 

 MS. 



Engravings. Our figs. 1960, 1961. 

 from Douglas's specimens in the 

 herbarium of the Hort. Soc. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves flat, 

 obtuse, entire. Cones cy- 

 lindrical ; bracteoles very 

 short, pointed. Scales tri- 

 angular; the upper margin 

 rounded, entire. Leaves, 

 on Douglas's specimen, 

 1 in. long; and on the 

 young plant in the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, 



I960. P. amabilis. 



in. long. Cones 6 in. 

 long, and 2 in. broad. 

 Scales li in. broad, and 

 about lin. long. Seed, 

 with the wing, I in. long ; 



the wing fin. long, and fin. broad. 

 A noble tree. Northern California, 

 in low moist valleys, where it attains 

 the height of 200 ft. Introduced in 

 1831, and as yet rare in England. 



A noble tree, akin to P. balsamea, 

 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 to- 

 wards the apex; 1 in. long. Cones 

 lateral, solitary, cylindrical, obtuse, very 

 similar to those of P. Cedrus, but larger, 

 6 in. long, of a chestnut-brown .colour. 

 Scales transverse, very broad, lamelli- 

 form, deciduous, stalked, incurved on 

 the margin, much shorter than the 

 scales. Seeds oblong, with a coriaceous 

 testa, and a very broad wing. 



1961. P. amabilis. 



