PICEA 



Lv 



sharply pointed 



DD. I/vs. pointing forward^ not 

 very rigid. 

 7-. Length of h'S. %-3 in., or 



shorter in .Vo. S: l/outig 

 tjratichlets glabra » s , 

 grayish yellow 



EE. Length of h-s. yi-1 in.. 

 shorter only in dirarf 

 vars.: young hranchltis 

 brown 



EEE. Lengthoflvs. 2)4-5 lines. 

 CO. Cones %-2 in. long. 



D. Young branches pubescent . . 



DD. Young branches glabrous, 



light brotvnish yellow I 



BB. Scales of cone oblong or rhom- 

 boidal, erase at the margin and 

 nsunlly striate and undulali , 

 thin, very loosely oppressed nr 



slightly spreading Id. 



II. 



A. Lvs. more or less flattened, with 



white lines on the upper side, 



green on the lower one. 



B. Cone - scales rhomboidal, erase- 



denticulate, loose : Irs. much 



flattened 12. 



13. 

 B. Cone-scales orbicular or oborate, 



. obovata 

 . ezcelsa 

 . orientalis 



nigra 

 alba 



. bicolor 

 . Omorika 

 Breweriana 



1. pollta, Carr. (P. Torino. Koehne. P. bicolor, 

 Hort.,not Maxim.). Tree, to 90 ft., forming a dense, 

 broad pyramid, with riiriil stmit l.r;inclies when young, 

 older trees with th<- IkiMi i.f /'. ..rrrl.ia, with somewhat 

 pendulous branclu-^: y.iiiiiL' lnnni-lies thick, glal>rous, 

 yellowisli Imiwii: 1 , -. i i-i^i. ilii-k. r th;in i.roail. often 



falcate. s],\,:vrj ■•,■., v\ -•■ - l , ' 1 \„ ]^'!:^: l.iMi:i:,lr fls. 



green, >t:i!, '. ,,,'_,:-, ',,,,£;, 



brown, rt' ' ■ _nii. 



Japan, s./.. _ , , , i . i ,.• . II. ;..,_.,., ill, ^ , ,_'.'. , . i Iti. 



eading 



2. Smithiilna, Boiss. (P. Morinda, Linls. P. KIM- 

 row, Carr.). Tree, to 1.50 ft., with wide-spreading 

 branches and slender pendulous branchlets : lvs. 

 crowded, usually thicker than broad, acute, bright or 

 dark green, K-2 in. long: pistillate fls. purple: cones 

 5-7 in. long, dark brown and glossy; scales suborbicu- 

 lar, with entire margin, firm. Himalayas. G.C. II. 

 24:393. Gn. 19, p. 359; 35, p. 599; 39. p. 72.-One of the 

 most graceful Spruces; tender in New England. The 

 young growth starts very early and is liable to be in- 

 jured by frost in spring, especially when planted in 

 warm and damp situations. 



3. Sohrenkitlna, Fisch. & Mey. {P. obovAta, var. 

 SchrenkiAna, Carr.). Tall pyramidal tree, with pendu- 

 lous branchlets, somewhat similar in li:ii'!i !<> /'. • ■ ■ /.«« .• 

 lvs. equally 4-slded, acute, somewlKii ,11 i-l's 

 in. long, on young plants often slii;lr .iics 

 cylindric-ovate, 3— 4 in. long; scales \\ m ii iinii. mid-^rin. 

 Cent. Asia.-Said to be very similar ill lu.i.n i.. i-'. ,\,n,lh- 

 iana. But recently introduced and only .small plants 

 are known in cultivation; quite hardy. 



4. obovita, Ledeb. (P.eic^lsa.Tar.obovAta. C. Koch). 

 Tree, to 100 ft., similar in hnbit tn thn following with 

 somewhat pendulous braiicliltfs : youiiL.' liiTniclos 

 brown, glabrous or siiirhtiy ].ulH.s..rni : 1^^. qii:t(]i-;iiiLru- 

 lar, acute, dull or lilui^li LTieii. ',.-', in. lorn.': jiistilhit.- 



PICEA 1333 



long; scales with entire margin. N. Eu. to Kamscbatka 

 ami Manchuria. Gu. 20, p. 91. R.H. 1894, p. 274. Mn. 

 5, p. 189. — Of slower growth than P. excelsa and more 



5. exc6lBa, Link. (P. Abies. Karst.). Norway 

 Spruce. Pigs. 1795-7. Tree, to 150 ft., with spreading 

 branches and usually pendulous branchlets: bark red- 

 dish brown: young branches brown, glabrous or pubes- 

 cent: lvs. quadrangular, acute, dark green and usually 

 shining, K-1 in. long: staminate and pistillate fls. 

 bright purple: cones cylindric-oblong, 4-7 in. long, 

 light brown; scales obovate, with erose-dentioulale 

 margin. N. and M. Eu. Era. 1:102. Mn. 4. p. 185; «, 

 p. 85. -This tree is extensively planted as an ornamen- 

 tal tree in the northern iiinl castiin states; ii is ,,i rapi.l 

 growth and is a hand son lo \i->-r. w itli it- ur.i.. i ul ha Lit 

 and dark green, dense ioliai:*-, Imt. likf inanv ^|oaa-is 

 and firs, loses much of its laautv wlnn ;i -i..w- ,.|,|, 

 and usually after 30 years it becomes ili t: j^. .1 



in the top. It is one' of the best con if'! , : ' r 



shelters and winil-breaks. The Norwa\ s; , : , . , 



variable, and a great number of ganli t, : .i, - u. ui 

 cultivation. Some of tlio l>est known aro ijn h.ll.AMi,^: 

 Var. Birryi, Hort. Dark i,M-,on. wit), vi-otous. thick 

 branches and short iirandii. ts. \ar. Clanbrasiliana, 

 Loud. A dwarf, coinjia.t toini. wiili slioit. crowded 

 branchlets and -small. ^4-^.iii. lonu^ l\s. 'I'liore are 

 many other dwarf f.irnis, ,ljrt,riii- s,,ni,wkat in habit 

 and t'olia,!,'e, as vars. oompacta, conica, diffusa, dumbsa, 

 EUwangerlana, Gregoryana. Maxwelli iFiL.-. IT'.isi. mu- 

 ricata. parviformia, prociimben=^. pumila, pygmaea, tab- 

 ulaeformis. Var. Flnedonensis, Conl. Lvs. jiali- yellow 



invfersa, t'arr. With drooling l.raiiclMs .lusely ap- 

 pressed to tlie stem. ling. C: 1(10. Var. monslrosa, Loud. 

 A form witli few, tl.i.'k branches clothed with rigid, 

 thick lvs. Var. pendula. Loud. With irregularly dis- 

 posed ]M-ndtilous I.rani-lies and branchlets. Var. pyra- 

 midalis, Carr. With tlic Inanches ascending at narrow 

 angles, forming a narrow pyramid. Mn. 6. p. 87. Var. 

 viminalis. Willd. Branches in remote whorls, almost 

 horizontal, with very long and slender branchlets with- 

 out or with very few lateral 

 branchlets. Var. virgata, Jacq. 

 (deinnh'ila, Carr.). Sparingly 



I slender 



braii'-li.-s .Ir^iiniie of branch- 



erones j.emlulou.s and the upper 

 ones ascending. R. H. 1854, 

 p. 102. P. excelsa, var. elAta, 

 Hort., is probably a seedling of 

 this variety and an intermedi- 

 ate form toward the type. Gn 

 3:177. There are also some 

 forms with variegated and yel- 

 low foliage. Two geographical 

 forms of slow -rowtli and dens,- 

 haiiit an- var. alpestris, I'.riiL'^'.. 



froint)i.-)liL'li Al]is,in ), al.il a " 

 folia;;.- r.-s.-inl.lini: /'. o/^.,. a 

 var. medioxima, Nyl., from 

 Eu., in habit and appearai 

 similar to P. orientalis. 

 miniata, mentioned in t 

 genus Abies in the suppleme 

 ary list as A. miniata, is a m 

 print for A. minuta, which 

 a synonym of P. excelsa, var. 



6. orientalis, Carr. Tree, to (X >;;.) 



120 ft., with ascending and 



spreading branches and somewhat pendulous branch- 

 lets : young branches brown, pubescent : lvs. thick, 

 obtuse, dark green and shining, crowded and more 

 or less appresscd to the branches: fls. carmine: cone 

 cvlindric-ovate, 2J^-3}^ In. long, less than 1 in. thick: 

 scales orbicular, entire at the margin. W. Asia, Cau- 

 casus, (i.e. II. •21:308; 25:333; III. 3:734. A. G. 

 IMriUo. Mn. .', ]>. l.'^'.t. \'. 20:185. — A very graceful 

 S|iriii-.- \\it)i (lark. ::l.issv foliage; of slow growth and 

 tli.i-.r.ire valiial.lr tor ^in:ili(-r gardens. It holds its 



