PINACEAE. — ABIES 41 



Pseudotsuga jezoensis Bertrand in Ann. Sci. Nat. s6r. 5, XX. 86 (1874). 

 Abies Fortunei Masters in Gard. Chron. ser. 2, XXI. 348, fig. 64-67 (1884); 



in XXV. 428, fig. 82-83 (1886). 

 Abietia Fortunei Kent, Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, 485, fig. 123 (1900). 

 Kcteleeria sp. Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 556 (1902); XXXVII. 421 

 (1906). 

 Hongkong: St. John's Cathedral compound, cultivated, March 15, 1887, C. 

 Ford (No. 386, type of Masters's Kcteleeria sp.) : from same tree, ^ flower, March 15, 

 1887; immature cone, August 5, 1893 (ex Herb. Bot. Gard. Hongkong, No. 10210). 

 Fokien: Fuchou, April 2, 1904, W. Mackenzie (No. 165); same locality, 1886, H. 

 Mayr. 



Through the courtesy of the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, we have seen 

 the type of Masters's Ketdceria sp.; the Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, 

 Hongkong, has favoured us with more material from the same tree and we are able 

 to identify this obscure plant as K. Fortunei Carriere. 



ABIES Juss. 



Abies Delavayi Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 255 (1899). — Mas- 

 ters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 557 (1902); in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 

 XXXIX. 212, fig. 82 (1906) ; in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVII. 422 

 (1906). — Beissner, Handh. Nadelholzk. ed. 2, 194 (1909). — Patschke 

 in Bot. Jahrh. XLVIII. 642, fig. 3, 2 (1913). 



Keteleeria Fabri Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 555 (1902); in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3, XXXIII. 194 (1903); in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVII. 421 

 (1906). — Mottet in Rev. Hort. 1904, 130. — Beissner, Handb. Nadel- 

 holzk. ed. 2, 203 (1909). — Patschke in Bot. Jahrb. XLVIII. 649 (1913). 



Abies Fargesii Masters in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXIX. 213, fig. 83 (non 

 Franchet) (1906); in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVII. 422 (1906). 



Pinus Fabri Voss in Putlitz & Meyer, Landlexikon, IV. 773 (1913). 



Western Szech'uan: south-east of Tachien-lu, forests, alt. 

 3000-4000 m., abundant, October 1910 (No. 4078; tree 25-40 m. tall, 

 girth 2-6 m.); west of Tachien-lu, Cheto-shan, alt. 3600-4000 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4082; tree 25-40 m. tall, girth 2-6 m.); Mt. Omei, 

 alt. 2000-3600 m., common, October 1910 (No. 4086; tree 15-35 m. 

 tall, girth 1-5 m.); Mupin, forming forests, alt. 2000-4000 m., June 

 1908 (No. 2093; tree 20-40 m. tall, girth 2.5-6 m.); Hungya Hsien, 

 Wa-wu-shan, on summit, alt. 3000 m., abundant, September 1908 

 (No. 2089, in part; tree 25-40 m. tall); Wa-shan, on summit, alt. 

 3000-3600 m., July and October 1908 (No. 2089; tree 20-40 m. tall, 

 girth 2.5-5 m.); same locahty, July 1903 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 3021, 

 3022, seed No. 1515) ; west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, forests, alt. 

 2600-3500 m., October 1910 (No. 4049; tree 20-35 m. tall, girth 2-4 

 m.). Yunnan: near TaH Fu, '' Tsang-chan," alt. 3500-4000 m., 

 June 1884, J. M. Delavay (No. 1210, type). 



