Illustrations of Conifers. 39 



PICEA GLEHNII (Masters). 



Gardeners' Chronick, Vol. XIII. p. 800 (1880). 

 Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 437 (1900). 



A TREE attaining a height of 100 feet with reddish-brown bark, exfoli- 

 ating in thin scales. Branchlets reddish, with a shaggy pubescence 

 between the pulvini. Buds small, ovoid, surrounded by a row of long- 

 pointed glabrous scales, a few of the basal scales in the terminal buds 

 ending in long subulate points. 



Leaves arranged as in the common spruce, f - 1 inch long, ending 

 in a short point, compressed, quadrangular in section, with stomata on 

 all four sides. Cones cylindrical, 2 inches long, 1 inch in diameter, 

 shining brown when ripe, with sub-orbicular scales, slightly denticulate 

 on the upper margin, and minute bracts. Seed with wing f inch long. 



Picea Glehnii was discovered in 1861 in the island of Saghalien by 

 Grlehn the comrade of Schmidt on the latter's expedition, and sub- 

 sequently in Yezo by Maries who sent seeds to Messrs. Veitch. It 

 has since been found in Formosa. The wood is used by the natives 

 for various kinds of carpentry. 



A specimen was added to the Bayfordbury collection in 1907. 

 The photograph represents a native specimen. 



