TAB. 30. 



24. PINUS PICEA. 



SILVER FIR. 



PiNus PICEA, foliis solltanis planis subsecundis, strobilis cyllndraceis crectis/ bracteolis elongatis, 



antherarum crista bicorni. 



^ X ■ 



P. picea, foliis solitariis planis emarginatis pectinatis, squamis coni obtuslssimis, adpressis. Soland. MSS.. 



Syst. ed. Reich, v. 4. l^^. Huds. Angl. 423. 



Ait. Kew. V. 3. 370. Willdcn. Bed. Baum%. IX^J . 

 V. picea, foliis solitariis emarginatis. lAnn. Sp. PI. 1420. 



Scop.Car?i.7i.-\\93. Scholl. Barb. 71.7 83. Evel. Syh. ed. Html. 266. Pollich. Pall.7i. gi4. Trew. 

 hi Mv. Act. A.N. C. vol. 3. app. 445. iah. 13. f. 29. 44. Mattusch. PL Sih. 704. Pall. Fl. Ross. 

 v.1.7. t. \.f. F. Allion. Fl. Ped. v. 3. \7g. Woodv, Med. BoL 5^5. t. 209. . Vitm. Sp. Plant. 



V. 5. 345. Villars. Daupli. v. 3. 8O9, 

 P. foliis solitariis, planis, pectinatis, emarginatis. HalL Helv. 7i. 1057- 

 P. Abies, foliis solitariis emarginatis, conis oblongis erectis; squamis subrotnndis planis basi acuminatis. 



Du Roi. Flarbk. ed. Pott. v. 2. 1 33. Reiter. 7ind. Abel. Abh. t. 98. 

 Abies alba, foliis subtus argenteis emarginatis, conis erectis. Mill. Diet. 71. 1. 



A. foliis solitariis apice emarginatis. Linii. Ilort. Cliff'. 44Q. 

 A, Taxi folio, fructu sursum spectante. Toiirnef. List. 585. 

 A. conis snrsum spectantibus, sive mas. Batch. Phi. 505. 

 A. femlna 1. Elate telega. Baiih. Hist. v. I. p. 2. 231. 

 Die Wcistanne. Linn. PJl. Syst. v. 2, 3^3. 



Roy. Lugdb. 89. Gviel, Sib. v. I. 176. 

 Diihainel. Arb. v. \. 3.7i. \. t. \. 



Habitat in alplbns Helvetiie, Suosvias, Bavaria?, Bcc. 



Fl. Maio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor recta, Formosa, cortlce albicante, laevi, ramis horizontallbus. Folia plana, lincaria, glaberrhna 

 subtus glauca. Mienta axillaria, cylludracea, obtusa: masada semiuncialia, pcdunculata ; antheraj 

 basi latiores, cnst^ mferne reniformi, supcrne bicorni, mucronulis divaricatis: fceminca masculis 

 qumtupio lyajora, bracteolis obcordatis, mucronatis, squamas longe superantibus. StrobiU crccti, 

 sessdcs, _ cybndraco, fere spithama^i, bracteolis persistentibus, porrectis, undique muricati, squamis 

 obtusissmus, apicc integerrimis, lateribus dentato-ciliatis. 



In Siberia, where this species is very abundant If qppit^^ f,. i r i ^ • n , 



1, ,, , P- ,. . ^\, ^. ^ -ii^'^naant, it seems to delight m fiat aqueous situat bns, so 



much so, that a forest of Silver Firs as Gmelin «fnfr.c ;. -j 1 . , ^ 



. ,. r f 1 • 1 ■ ^s ^"^elin states, is considered by the Tartar hordes as a sure 



indication ot good sprinfrs beino; at hand It fTrnw« fr^ o -. • 1 i 1 i • , 



1, 1 ' ^. . ^ ^ ^° ^ considerable hcifrht, and upriirht and has a 



handsome appearance. The bark is whitish and smnnfl. Ti. ^ • 1 '^•prig"^. ^na nas a 



.^ .^ T . . wiiiusn, ana smooth. The zvood is rather soft, and therefore does 



not last long, if exposed to the open air. The branches shnof 1.. ' . n 1 tnereroie does 



- ^ ^?^«^^c/^e5 shoot horizontally, but are not very numerous, 



