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resinous; branchlets densely rusty-pubescent: leaves crowded, those of the 

 middle ranks directed forward and nearly appressed, the lateral ones longer 

 and spreading, linear, slightly broader above the middle, rounded or bifid at 

 apex, 3^-M iiich long, lustrous above, with white bands beneath: cone 

 ovoid to oblong-ovoid, narrowed toward the ends, 1^-33^ inches long, dark 

 purple before maturity; scales about 1 inch broad; bracts hidden; seed- 

 wings twice as long as body. Mountains of Japan. — Introduced in 1879 to 

 Great Britain by Charles Maries. Hardy as far north as Massachusetts, 

 but not doing as well as A. Veitchii. 



6. A. Faxoniana, Rehd. & Wils. Faxon F. Tree to 120 feet tall; bark 

 dark gray, furrowed; winter-buds ovoid, purple, very resinous; branchlets 

 densely brown-pubescent, slightly grooved: leaves crowded, irregularly 

 spreading in two ranks, the upper rows shorter, linear, obtuse to emarginate, 

 rarely mucronate, slightly revolute at the margins, } 2~1 inch long, lustrous 

 dark green above, with white bands beneath; resin-ducts internal or marginal : 

 cone ovoid-oblong, 2-3 inches long, violet-purple before maturity; scales 

 about ^4: inch broad; bracts somewhat exserted, upright or reflexed; seed- 

 wing scarcely as long as body. Western China. — Introduced in 1911 by E. 

 H. Wilson to the Arnold x\rboretum where it has proved fairly hardy, but 

 so far not very promising. 



7. A. squamata, Mast. Flaky F. Tree to 120 feet tall; bark purplish- 

 brown, exfoliating in thin flakes; winter-buds subglobose, reddish-brown, 

 very resinous; branchlets densely brownish pubescent: leaves crowded and 

 ascending, linear, often falcate, obtuse or acutish, |-1 inch long, bluish- 

 green above, with white bands beneath: cone oblong-ovoid, 2-2}/^ inches 

 long, violet before maturity, resinous; scales about f inch wide; bracts 

 slightly exserted. Western China. — Introduced in 1910 by E. H. Wilson to 

 the Arnold Arboretum where it is apparently not quite hardy. Remarkable 

 for its flaky bark which begins to exfoliate on the primary branches when 

 about six years old, the inner bark purplish-red even on young branches. 



8. A. Fargesii, Franch. Faroes F. Tree to 100 feet tall; winter-buds 

 resinous; branclilets glabrous, reddish-brown or purplish, slightly grooved 

 and often hairy in the grooves: leaves on upper side of branchlets crowded, 

 spreading at nearly right angles, the middle ranks upright or nearly reflexed, 

 those below pectinate, linear, sometimes falcate, emarginate or bifid at apex, 

 about 1 inch long, dark green and lustrous above, with white bands beneath: 

 cones ovoid-oblong, 2-3 inches long; scales about ^ inch wide; bracts slightly 

 exserted and recurved. Central China. — Introduced in 1901 by E. H. Wilson 

 to Great Britain, in 1907 to the Arnold Arboretum. Hardy as far north 

 as Massachusetts and promises to be one of the most satisfactory species 

 of the Chinese firs. 



A closely related species is A. sutchuenensis, Rehd. & Wils. {A. Fargesii 



