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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



the 



in. long, and fin. broad. 



A noble tree. NorthernCalifornia, 

 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- 

 forni, deciduous, stalked, incurved on 

 the margin, much shorter than the 

 scales. Seeds oblong, with a coriaceous 

 testa, and a very broad wing. 



1959. p. grandis. 



t 9. P. ama'bilis. The 



lovely Silver Fir. 



Synonyme. i'lnus amSbilis Douglas 



MS'. 

 Ensravinixs. Our figs. 1960, 1961. 

 from Douglas's specimens in the 

 herbarium of tlie Hort. Soc. 



Specl Char., Sfc. Leaves flat, 

 obtuse, entire. Cones cy- 

 lindrical ; bracteoles very 

 short, pointed. Scales tri- 

 anguhir; the upper margin 

 rounded, entire. Leaves, 

 on Douglas's specimen, 

 ]i in. long; and on the 

 young plant in the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, 



I960. P. am il.ilis. 



i in. long. Cones G in. 

 long, and 2i in. broad. 

 Scales li in, broad, and 

 about l^in. long. Seed, 

 with the wing, I in. long ; 



1961. P. am.lhilis. 



