LXXVII. CONl'FERiE: Pi'CEA. 



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Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves linear, emarginate, silvery beneath. Cones oblong, 

 squarrose, Bracteoles somewhat leaty, obcordate, mucronate, half-exserted, 

 reflexed. (Don.) A tree so closely resembling the preceding kind, that it 

 is unnecessary to describe 

 it. Pursli found it on high 

 mountains in Carolina, re- 

 sembling, he says, P. bal- 

 samea in several respects, 



1955. P. Fraseri. 1956. P. Fihseii. 



but differing, at first sight, in being a smaller tree, the leaves shorter and 

 more erect, and the cones not one fourth the size. Introduced in 1811. 



The original tree is in the Hammersmith 

 Nursery, where, in 1837, it was \o ft. high, 

 and had, for two or three years, produced 

 cones, but no male catkins. This last circum- 

 stance has given rise to the idea that the male 

 and female are produced by different trees, 

 which is exceedingly improbable. Propagated 

 by cuttings. 



C. Natives of California, 



1 8. P. gra'ndis. The great Silver Fir. 



Synnmjmes. Pinus gr^mdis Dovgl. MS. Lamb. Pin. 3. t. 



94. ; J^bies grandis Lindl. in Penny Cycl. No. 3. ; the 



great Californian Fir. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 94. ; our fig. 1959. from 



Lambert's Pinus, vol. iii. ; and figs. V.^hl. and 19.'>8. from 



Douglas's specimens in the herbarium of the Horticultural 



Society, and from the tree in the gar en. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves flat, obtuse, emargi- 

 nate, pectinate, silvery beneath. Cones 

 cylindrical ; bracteoles ovate, acuminate, ir- 

 regularly dentate, very short. (Z). Don.) 

 Leaves from f in. to 1 in. long. Cones, 



1957. P. Rrandis. 



according to Lambert, 6i in. long, and 3^ in. 

 broad ; but in Doughis's specimens the 

 largest cones are only 3i in. long, and 2 in. 

 broad, the others being much smaller. Scale 

 f in. long, and f in. broad. Seed small ; with 



3x3 



19SS. P. grandis. 



