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Illustrations of Conifers. 



PICEA MAXIMOWICZII (Regel). 



Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 88 (1865). 



Gardeners' Chronicle, Vol. XIII. p. 868 (1880). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1871 (1912). 



A small tree attaining about 40 feet in height. Branchlets reddish- 

 brown, glabrous. Buds broadly ovoid, about J inch long, with 

 resinous scales. Leaves radially spreading at right angles to the 

 branchlet, quadrangular in section, about \ inch long ; dark -green, 

 shining on the edges, with lines of stomata on all four surfaces, 

 and tipped with a short blunt point. 



Cones cylindrical but tapering at both ends, 2 inches long ; 

 scales numerous, concave, with a rounded entire bevelled upper 



margin. 



This species was discovered in 1864 on Mount Fujiyama in 

 Japan by Tschonoski, a Japanese in the employment of Maximowicz. 

 Some of the original specimens are in the herbaria at Kew and 

 the British Museum. It has not since been found by the Japanese. 



It was first raised in St. Petersburg from seed sent in 1865 

 from the original locality by Tschonoski. 



There is a young specimen at Bayfordbury. The illustration 

 figured is a branch and cone grown at Grignon, France, and kindly 

 sent by Mons. R. Hickel. 



