LXXVII. CONI FER^E : Pl'CEA. 



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wing $. in. broad. The cone in Douglas's specimen is about twice as 

 large as those sent home by him of P. grandis, and the leaves are 

 entire, instead of being emarginate ; but, in other respects, we have been 

 quite unable to discover any difference, either between the dried specimens 

 or the young plants, worthy of being considered specific. The cones were 

 sent home by Douglas in 1831, without any further information than the 

 name. As there are young plants in the Chiswick Garden, all that is here 

 said must be considered as provisional, till these plants have shown some 

 characteristic features by which they may be either distinguished from, or 

 associated with, other species. 



t 10. P. NO'BILIS. The noble, or large-bracted, Silver Fir. 



Synonymes. Plnus n6bilis Doug. MS., T.amb. Pin. 2. last fig. ; A. n6bilis Lindl. in Penny Cyc. No. 5. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin. Icon. ; and our figs. 1962. and 1963., from Douglas's specimens in th 

 herbarium of the Horticultural Society. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 

 Leaves mostly 

 on one side of 

 the branches, 

 falcate, short, 

 acute, silvery 

 beneath. Cones 

 cylindrical; the 

 bracteoles elon- 

 gated, spathu- 

 late, gnawed, 

 and imbricated 

 backwards. (Z). 

 Don.) Leaves 

 If in. long. 

 Cone 6in. long, 

 sessile ; 2| in. 

 broad. Scale 

 triangular; with- 

 out the bractea, 

 1J in. long, and 

 the same in 

 breadth ; bractea 

 fin. long. Seed 

 small, irregular; 

 with the wing, 

 l^in. in length. 

 Wing fin. broad 

 in the widest 

 part. Cotyle- 

 dons, ?. A 

 majestic tree. 

 Northern Cali- 

 fornia, forming 

 vast forests on 

 the mountains. 

 Height, ?. In- 

 troduced in 

 1831, and very 

 rare in British 

 gardens. 



Leaves crowd- 

 ed, 2-rowed,linear, 



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