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 AuiES ALiiA MINIMA, Knight, the Hedgehog- formed White 



Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies alba cchinoformis, Hart. 

 ,, Picoa alba echinoformis, Carriere. 

 A very diminutive little bush, in general outline very much 

 resembling a hedgehog : thickly clothed with spreading glau- 

 cous leaves. 



It is the least of all the Spruces, and one of French origin. 



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 Abies EXCELSA denudata, Hort, the Naked or Twig-branched 

 Common Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies excelsa virgata, Jacques. 

 „ Picea excelsa denudata, Carriere. 

 This variety differs principally from the monstrous form of 

 the Common Spruce, in the lesser branches being more twiggy, 

 spreading, reflected, and a little more divided at irregular dis- 

 tances, and in the leaves being stouter, and laying more closely 

 along the branchlets. It is of French origin. 



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 Abies excelsa eremita. Knight, the Solitary Pud-branched 

 Common Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies miniata, Knight. 



,, Picea excelsa eremita, Carriere. 

 A variety with short stout branches, covered with a yellowish 

 red bark, and mostly solitary, or free from laterals ; the leaves 

 are short, irregularly four-sided, somewhat two-rowed, from 

 being reverted or bent backwards, and mostly blunt pointed. 



It nearly approaches Alits excelsa monstrosa, hnt is much 

 less branching, and with the bark generally of a much redder 

 colour. 



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