Illustrations of Conifers. 67 



PICEA COMPLANATA (Masters). 



Gardeners' Chronicle, Vol. XXXIX. p. 146 (1906) with figs. 



A tree attaining in China a height of 40 to 100 feet. Branchlets 

 pubescent, yellowish, with prominent pulvini. Buds ovoid-conic, 

 covered with dark brown shining leathery scales. Leaves inch 

 long, linear, acute, not apiculate, flattened, with the midrib prominent 

 above and beneath, silvery white on the upper surface. 



Cones 4 to 5 inches long, oblong-cylindric ; scales broadly 

 obovate with a cuneate base, upper border truncate or rounded, 

 denticulate. Seeds with a ferruginous membranous oblong wing. 



Picea ayniplanata was discovered in 1905 by Mr. E. H. Wilson 

 during his expedition in Western Szechuan, China, and introduced 

 into cultivation in the same year. It forms forests at altitudes of 

 5,000 to 8,000 feet. 



This species is allied to P. spinulosa, but differs from it in its 

 leaves and cone scales. Two young specimens were planted at 

 Bayfordbury in 1911. 



The illustration is a reproduction of a specimen kindly lent 

 by Messrs. Veitch. 



