THE PINE SUB-FAMILY. 219 



seeds and specimens which he sent to Messrs. Stan dish 

 and Noble."- (Murray in "Pines and firs of Japan.' 1 ''} 



In the Revue Uortlcole, M. Carriere lias endeavored to 

 show that this plant is not an Abies at all ; but a new ge- 

 nus, which he has named Keteleeria, in honor of M. Kete- 

 leer, the eminent nurseryman of Paris. He considers that 

 it is distinguished from Abies and Picea in having the 

 erect cones of the latter, and the persistent scales of the 

 former. These characters would hardly seem sufficient to 

 found a new genus upon. 



39. A, Veitchi, Lhidley. Syn. Picea Yeitchi, Lindley. 

 Leaves, from 6 to 12 lines long, f of a line broad, sessile, 

 closely approximated, linear, flat, upper surface smooth and 

 glaucous, lower surface silvery. Cones, from 2^ to 2 

 inches long, sub-cylindrical, straight, obtuse at the apex, 

 short-peduncled, erect near the axillas of the branchlets, 

 and dark brown color ; scales, rounded, and disposed hori- 

 zontally ; bracts, same length as the scale, wedge-shaped 

 at base, rounded truncate at apex, with a continuation of 

 the midrib projecting in the middle. Seeds, small, angular, 

 testaceous, crested, fawn-colored, with a short, transverse, 

 dark-brown wing. 



This handsome new species was discovered by J. G. 

 Veitch, on Mount Fusi-Yama, at an elevation of from 6,000 

 to 7,000 feet, and, according to the statements of the 

 Japanese, it is peculiar to that mountain. It forms a finely 

 shaped tree from 120 to 140 feet in height. "We make the 

 following extracts from Murray's description of this Fir: 

 " This is a very distinct species, having the smallest cone 

 of any Picea yet known. Mr. Veitch speaks of it as inter- 

 mediate between P. nobilis and P. Nordmanniana. In 

 this he must refer to the foliage and general port of the 

 tree, for the cones have nothing in common ; the small, 

 narrow, apparently bractless cone of A. Veitchi being a 

 perfect contrast to the magnificent, large, well-bracteated 

 cone of P. nobills and P. Nordmanniana. 



