LXXVI. 



ABIES COMMUNIS. 

 Norway Spruce Fir. 



Class XXI. MoNCECiA. — Order VIII. Monadelphia, 



Nat. Ord. Conifers. 

 Gen. Char. ]\Iales ; Anthers two-celled. Females ; Scales 

 imbricated in a round cone, bracteate at the base, digy- 

 nous. Pericarps attached to the inside of the scale, 

 winged, deciduous. Stigma bi- or trifid. Cotyledons 

 three to nine. 



Spec. Char. Leaves solitary, four-cornered. Cones 

 cylindrical ; scales rhomboid, flattened, repand at each 

 end, eroded. 



SYNONYM ES. 



Greek iXa-m; a^it. 



Picea major prima, seu Abies rubra. Bauh. Tin. 493. 



Picea major. Ger. Em. 1354. 



Abies mas Theophrasti. Raii Syn. 441, Hist. ii. p. 1396. 

 Latin <( Abies rubra. Trag. 1117- 



Pinus Abies. Lin. Sp. PI. \42\. Roth. Germ. i. ^. M\. 



Abies excelsa. Poir. 

 (^ Abies communis. Loudon, Eneycl. p. 804. 



French Sapin. 



Italian Abete ; Abeto. 



Spanish .... Abeto. 

 Portuguese .. Abeto. 

 German ... , Eigeatliche Tanne ; Rothtanne. 



Dutch Peckboom. 



Dan. ^ Swed. Gran. 

 Russ Jel. 



Description. — The tree is usually straight, pyramidal, often 

 attaining the height of 1 00 feet or more ; covered with a reddish, 

 scaly bark. The leaves are thickly set upon the branches, 



