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Silver Norway S. A form with the tips of the young branchlets white. 

 Var. aurea, Nash {P. excelsa aurea, Carr.). Golden Norway S. Leaves 

 golden-yellow on the exposed side; does best in a partly shaded situation. 

 Var. finedonensis, Nash (P. excelsa finedonensis, Beiss. Abies excelsa fine- 

 donensis, Gord.). Finedon S. Leaves pale yellow at first, becoming bronzy 

 brown and finally green. Var. cincinnata, Rehd. (P. excelsa cincinnata, 

 Hesse) . Branchlets pendulous : leaves long and comparatively broad, curved 

 upward and spirally twisted. A very peculiar form. 



Forms of narrow pyramidal or columnar habit: Var. pyramidata, Rehd. 

 (P. excelsa pyramidata, Carr. P. excelsa pyramidalis, Voss. P. excelsa 1. 

 erecta, Schroet.). Pyramidal Norway S. The branches ascending at a very 

 acute angle, the lower ones very long, decreasing toward the apex, forming a 

 narrow slender pyramid. Var. cupressina, Rehd. (P. excelsa 1. cupressina. 

 Thomas). Tree with ascending densely ramified branches forming a dense 

 broad column. Var. columnaris, Rehd, (P. excelsa columnaris, Carr.). With 

 very short horizontal or slightly pendent much ramified branches, forming a 

 narrow column. 



Pendulous or sparingly branched forms: Var. pendula, Nash (P. excelsa 

 var. pendula. Jacq. & Herincq. P. excelsa reflexa, Carr.). Weeping Norway 

 S. Plate XXXIV. With pendulous branches and branchlets; whorls of 

 branches often irregular. Var. inversa, Nash (P. excelsa inversa, Beiss. Abies 

 excelsa inverta, Gord.). Similar to the preceding, but branches more closely 

 appressed to the stem, more densely branched, with thick lustrous leaves. 

 Var. viminalis, Th. Fries (P. excelsa var. viminalis, Casp.). Branches in 

 remote whorls, almost horizontal, with very long and slender branchlets 

 without or with very few lateral branchlets. Var. virgata, Th. Fries (P. 

 excelsa var. virgata, Casp. P. excelsa denudata, Carr.). Sparingly branched, 

 with long and slender branches destitute of branchlets, spreading, usually the 

 lower ones pendulous and the upper ones ascending. Var. monstrosa, Rehd. 

 (P. excelsa 1. monstrosa, Regel. P. excelsa var. monocaulis, Nordl. Abies 

 excelsa monstrosa. Loud.), is an extreme form of the preceding and is destitute 

 of all branches; it consists only of a single stem clothed with thick rigid leaves. 



Low forms of irregular habit more or less monstrous: Var. Barryi, Nash 

 (P. excelsa Barryi, Beiss.). Barry S. With vigorous thick branches and few 

 short branclilets, dark green. 



Low pyramidal to subglobose or depressed forms: Var. conica, Th. Fries 

 (P. excelsa conica, Carr.). Arrowhead Norway S. A dense conical pyramid 

 with ascending branches and very crowded slender, light brown branclilets: 

 leaves radially arranged, thin and pointed, light green. Var. elegans, Rehd. 

 (P. excelsa elegans, Beiss.). Knight S. A dense conical form similar to the 

 preceding, with short crowded branchlets densely covered with short radially 

 arranged leaves. Var. mucronata, Rehd. (P. excelsa mucronata, Carr. var. 



