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branches forming a broad-pyramidal head; possibly hardy as far north as 

 the Middle Atlantic States. 



Var. brevifolia, Relid. (A. Wehbiana var. brevifolia, Henry). Leaves 

 shorter, not exceeding 13<4 inches, with grayish-white bands beneath. North- 

 western Himalaya. — Somewhat hardier than the type. 



16. A. Pindrow, Spach {A. Webbiana var. Piiidroio, Brandis). Pindrow 

 F. Tree to 200 feet tall; bark smooth and gray on young trees, grayish-brown 

 and fissured on old trees; winter-buds large, resinous; branchlets smooth and 

 glabrous, gray: leaves crowded above, the middle ranks directed forward, 

 pectinate below, narrowly linear, narrowed into a bifid acute apex, entire in 

 young plants, 1-2^^ inches long, lustrous dark green above and with pale 

 grayish bands beneath: cone cylindric, 4-5^2 inches long, deep purple while 

 young; scales 13<4 inches wide; bracts hidden. Himalaya: Kumaon to Kash- 

 mir. — Probably hardy as far north as the Middle Atlantic States. 



17. A. religiosa, SclJecht. (.4. hirteUa, Lindl.). Tree to 150 feet taU; 

 bark gray or grayish-brown, fissured into oblong plates; winter-buds globose- 

 ovoid, resinous; branchlets brown, short-pilose: leaves pectinate, the middle 

 ranks directed forward, linear, narrow, acute to obtusish, f-l/^ inches long, 

 dark green above, with white or grayish-white bands beneath: cones cylindric- 

 oblong, 5-6 inches long and 2-2}^ inches in diameter, dark violet-blue before 

 ripening; bracts longer than the scale, reflexed. Mexico. — Introduced in 

 1838 to Europe. Probably hardy only in California and the Southern States. 



18. A. numidica, De Lannoy (.4. baborensis. Let. A.Pinsapo var. baborensis, 

 Coss.). Algerian F. Plate XXVI. Tree to 60 feet tall; bark gray, smooth; 

 winter-buds ovoid, large, not or slightly resinous; branchlets glabrous and 

 lustrous: leaves much crowded above, spreading outward and upward, on 

 stronger branchlets more or less backward, on weaker ones with a V-shaped 

 depression in the middle, pectinate below, stout, linear, often broadest above 

 the middle, rounded at apex and slightly emarginate or entire, rarely acutish, 

 |-/4 inch long and -jlj inch broad, dark green above, often only faintly 

 grooved and usually stomatiferous near apex or on fruiting branches with 

 several stomatic lines, with white bands beneath: cones cylindric, 5-7 inches 

 long; scales 33<^ inches broad, with entire margin; bracts hidden. Northern 

 Africa. — Introduced into France in 1862. This species is doing well in the 

 Eastern States and is hardy as far north as New York and in sheltered 

 positions to Massachusetts. A handsome and distinct species of broad- 

 pyramidal habit with stiff branches densely covered with short stout leaves. 



A related but yet incompletely known species is A. nebrodensis, Mattel, 

 from Sicily, with resinous winter-buds and pubescent branchlets; it is in 

 cultivation in France. Another related species is A. maroccana, Trabut, from 

 Morocco, also incompletely known and not in cultivation. 



19. A. Pinsapo, Boiss. Spanish F. Tree to 80 feet tall; bark smooth. 



