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tenuioribus, leviter pruinosi, annotini aurantiaci v. straminei; pulvini 

 leviter tumidi, rhombici, apice obtusi, infra apicem obtusum in petio- 

 lum brevem leviter recurvum producti; gemmae conspicuae, ovatae 

 V. ovato-conieae, acutiusculae, brunneae, perulis imbricatis persis- 

 tentibus basin ramulorum eingentibus. Folia spiraliter disposita, 

 sursum curvata, linearia, complanata, subacuta v. obtusa, 10-15 mm. 

 longa et 1.5-2 mm. lata, utrinque carinata, supra fasciebus 2 glaucis 

 latis stomatiferis, dorso nitida viridia. Strobili oblongo-cylindrici, 

 6-12 cm., plerumque 10 cm. longi, saepe parce resinosi et leviter 

 pruinosi, obscure cinnamomei, saepe persistentes per totum annum 

 post maturitatem; bracteae minutae, spathulatae apice rotundatae, 

 3 mm. longae; squamae lignosae, sub maturitate patentes, late cuneato- 

 obovatae, 2-2.3 cm. longae et 1.8-2 cm. latae, apice rotundatae v. 

 truncatae, rarissime medio paullo productae; semina alis obovatis 

 apice rotundatis 1.5-1.8 cm. longis nitidis pallide bruimeis, testa 

 brunnea puberula. 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, wood- 

 lands, alt. 2000-2500 m., October 1910, July 1908 (Nos. 4048, type, 

 2085) ; west of Kuan Hsien, Niu-tou-shan, forests, alt. 2600-3500 m., 

 June 1908 (No. 2070); Mupin, forests, alt. 2600-3600 m., October 

 1908 (No. 2078). 



The relatively short, broad leaves readily distinguish this Spruce from all other 

 Chinese species belonging to the Omorika group. It is most closely related to P. 

 complanata Masters, which has leaves up to 3 cm. long and 1 mm. wide, acute and 

 often pungent at the apex, rather longer petioles, long-acuminate bracts and a 

 more close, less fissured bark. 



This new Spruce is locally quite common and, like its allied species, is collo- 

 quially known as " Me-tiao-sha." The wood is valued for planking and for general 

 construction purposes. 



TSUGA Carr. 



Tsuga yunnanensis Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 556 (1902). — 

 Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk. ed. 2, 83 (1909). — Patschke in Bot. 

 Jahrh. XLVIII. 639 (1913). 



Abies dumosa, var. chinensis Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 258 (1899) 



quoad specimina Delavayana. 

 Abies yunnanensis Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 258 (1899). — Bois in Bxdl. 



Soc. Hort. France, s4r. 4, I. 231 (1900). 



Western Szech'uan: west and near W^n-ch'uan Hsien, forests, 

 alt. 3000-3300 m., July 1908 (No. 2098, in part; tree 20-33 m. tall, 



