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broader stomatic bands beneath and slightly broader and longer: cones about 

 3 inches long, gradually narrowed toward the apex; scales with entire margin, 

 densely pubescent outside; bracts exserted and reflexed. Northern Japan, 

 Saghalin, and Kurile Islands. — Introduced in 1878 by W. A. Clark to the 

 Arnold Arboretum and in 1879 to Great Britain by Maries. Hardy north 

 to Canada, but not particularly ornamental on account of its thin habit. 



Var. nemorensis, Mayr. Cones smaller with hidden bracts. Saghalin. — 

 Introduced in 1914 by E. H. Wilson to the Arnold Arboretum. 



3. A. Veitchii, Murr. Veitch F. 

 Fig. 65. Tree to 80 feet tall, with 

 smooth grayish bark; winter-buds 

 purplish, very resinous, the lateral 

 almost united with the terminal one; 

 branchlets brown, rather densely 

 pubescent: leaves crowded, directed 

 forward and more or less upward, 

 on the lower side of the branchlets 

 pectinate, linear, 3^-1 inch long, 

 truncate and notched at apex, lus- 

 trous dark green above, with 2 broad 

 silvery- white bands beneath: cone 

 cylindric, 1M~2H inches long, bluish- 

 purple before maturity; bracts 

 slightly exserted and reflexed; seeds with a broad short wing, scarcely as 

 long as body. Central Japan. — Introduced in 1865 to Europe by Tschonoski 

 and in 1876 to this country by Thomas Hogg. Hardy as far north as Ontario 

 and New England and doing weU; it is a desirable species of broad-pyramidal 

 habit and particularly handsome while young. 



Var. olivacea, Shiras. Cones green before maturity. — Introduced in 1914 

 to the Arnold Arboretum by E. H. Wilson. 



4. A. koreana, Wils. Korean F. Tree to 50 feet; bark of older trees 

 rough, fissured into irregular plates; branchlets sparingly pubescent, yellowish 

 at first, becoming glabrous and purplish; winter-buds thinly resinous: leaves 

 crowded, usually broader toward the apex, rounded and emarginate, or on 

 young plants pointed, }/i-^/i inch long, revolute at the margin, lustrous 

 above, with whitish bands beneath: cone cylindric, 2-3 inches long and about 

 1 inch in diameter, violet-purple before maturity; scales about ^^ inch 

 broad; bracts about as long as scales, slightly exserted and reflected. Korea. 

 — Introduced to France about 1908 and in 1918 by E. H. Wilson to the Arnold 

 Arboretum, where it has so far proved hardy. 



5. A. Mariesii, Mast. Maries F. Tree to 80 feet tall, with smooth 

 pale gray bark, rough at base of old trees; winter-buds subglobose, small. 



65. Abies Veitchii. 



