70 Illustrations of Conifers. 



ABIES WEBBIANA (Lindley). Var. brevifolia (Henry). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV. p. 751 (1909). 



This differs from the typical form described in Vol. II. p. 29, in 

 having much shorter leaves, | to 1 inch long, greyish and not 

 silvery- white beneath. Cones also smaller, averaging 3^ inches 

 long and If inch in diameter, very dark blue or almost black in 

 colour. 



This variety, though remarkably distinct in appearance, agrees 

 with the typical form in the large resinous buds, in the arrange- 

 ment of the leaves, and in the peculiar furrowed branchlets with 

 reddish-brown pubescence confined to the furrows. 



Abies Webbiana, var. brevifolia, is a native of the western 

 Himalayas, where it grows at high altitudes. It was also col- 

 lected by Sir George Watt on the Chor Mountain near Simla. It 

 is rare in cultivation ; but there are trees at Glasnevin and Kilma- 

 curragh in Ireland, which were raised from seed sent from the 

 Himalayas in 1879 ; and three or four specimens in different places 

 in England, the age and origin of which are not recorded. 



The specimen figured is from a tree growing at Beauport, 

 Sussex. 



