Lxxvii. coni'ferve: pi'cea. 



1051 



Flowers and cones unknown, 

 vation of SOOO or 9000 feet, 

 introduced. 



Found on the mountains of Mexico, at an e!e- 

 A low tree, from 18 ft. to 20 ft. high; not yet 



E. Natives of Nepal, 



i. M. P. Webb/^\v^. WebWs jnirple-coned Silver Fir. 



Synonymes. Pinus Webbiuwn Wall, in Litt., Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. 2. t. 44. ; P. spectabilis Lnmh. 



Monog. 2. p. 3. t 2. ; >4'bies Wehhiana Lindl. in Penn. Cyc. No. 7., Royle lUust. ; Chilrow, and 



the Oonum. or purple-coned fir, in the Himalayas. 

 Engiavi7igs. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 44. ; Monog., 2. t. 2. ; and our Jigs. 1968. and 1969. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves 2-rowed, linear, flat, obtusely emarginate, silvery 



beneath. Cones cylindrical ; scales kidney-shaped, roundish ; bracteoles 



oblong, apiculate. {D. Don.) Buds round, pointless, thickly covered with 



a yellow resin, by which alone the tree may be readily distinguished from 



every other species of Picea. Cones from 6i in. to 7 in. long, and above 



2 in. broad. Leaves of young 



plants, in the Horticultural 



Society's Garden, from 1^ in. 



to 2\ in. long. Scale above 1 in. 



long, and li in. broad. Seeds, 



with the wMng, J in. long ; 



wing I in. broad in the widest 



part. Seeds .^ in. long, and 



-i=\in. broad. In general they 



are smaller, but longer, and 



with a sharper point, than 



those of the common silver 



fir; and, like the seeds of the 



common silver fir, they are 



of a brownish purple colour. 



19G8. P. WebbiVma. 



Cotyledons, ?. A large, hand- 

 some, pyramidal tree. Nepal, 

 on the Alps of Gossainthan. 

 Height 80 ft. to 90 ft., with a 

 trunk from 3 ft. to 4 ft. in 

 diameter near the base. In- 

 troduced in 1822. Cones 

 purple, in one or two in- 

 stances produced in England. 



Branches numerous, spread- 

 ing horizontally, much divided ; 

 densely clothed with leaves dis- 

 posed in whorls ; covered with 

 a pale, ash-coloured, rough, 

 scaly bark ; bent upwards at 



1969. P. Webbiana. 



