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Clanhrasiliana, Hort., not Carr. var. Gregoryana, Hort., not Gord.). Strong- 

 growing pyramidal shrub with ascen(Hng or sometimes spreading branches 

 and branchlets; branchlets very crowded, stout, bright red-yellow: leaves 

 very crowded, stout, abruptly sharp-pointed, dark lustrous green. Var. 

 Remontii, Rehd. {P. excelsa Remontii, Beiss.). An ovoid to globose or conical 

 form of slow growth with crowded light yellow thin branchlets and fine 

 radially spreading light green leaves. Var. Ellwangeriana, Rehd. (P. excelsa 

 Ellwangeriana, Beiss.). A pyramidal round bush of vigorous growth and 

 somewhat loose habit with stout bright orange branchlets and bright, dark 

 green stiff leaves ^ inch long and gradually tapering to a sharp point. Var. 

 compacta, Nash (P. excelsa coinpacta, Beiss.). Globe Norway S. A sub- 

 globose dense form with slender branclilets and acute short leaves. Var. 

 parvifonnis, Rehd. (P. excelsa parviformis. Otto. Abies excelsa parviformis, 

 Maxw.). A broadly pyramidal form with thin regular branchlets and very 

 short thin pungent leaves of bright green color. Var. pygmaea, Rehd. (P. 

 excelsa pygmoea, Carr.). Pygmy Norway S. A very dense, small conical form 

 with crowded and irregular, ascending, short whitish branchlets and bright 

 or dark green, radially spreading short leaves. Var. Merkii, Rehd. (P. excelsa 

 Merkii, Beiss.). Merk S. A low and dense, broad round form growing finally 

 into a broad pyramid; branchlets rather fine, yellowish-white, irregularly 

 arranged: leaves very thin, 3^ inch long, tapering to a fine hair-like point, 

 lustrous grass-green, crowded above and pointing forward, pectinate below. 

 Var. puinila, Nash (P. excelsa pumila, Beiss. Abies excelsa pxnnila. Maxwell). 

 A dwarf depressed-globose, densely branched form with red-brown thick and 

 stiff, spreading branclilets: leaves thin, short, ^ inch long, tapering to a 

 blunt point, lustrous dark green or bluish-green (var. "pumila glauca," Beiss.). 

 Var. Clanbrasiliana, Th. Fries (P. excelsa Clanbrasiliana, Carr. Abies excelsa 

 Clanbrasiliana, Loud.). Plate XXXIV. A compact, roundish, rather flat- 

 topped bush rarely exceeding 6 to 7 feet, with very short and crowded thin 

 whitish branchlets: leaves nearly radial and pointing forward or pectinate 

 on under side of branchlets, thin, 3^/^ iiich long, tapering to a very finj 

 point, lustrous bright green. (Named after Lord Clanbrasil of Ireland who 

 introduced the plant into cultivation.) Var. Gregoryana, Nash (P. excelsa 

 Gregoryana, Beiss. Abies excelsa Gregoryana, Gord.). Gregory S. A very 

 dwarf form, conical or subglobose, rarely exceeding 2 feet in height, with short 

 crowded spreading branches and very crowded thin, whitish to grayish-brown 

 branchlets slightly pubescent in the grooves: leaves radially arranged, irregular 

 in direction, M^-H inch long, pale gray-green. Var. Veitchii, Rehd. (P. excelsa 

 Gregoriana f. Veitchii, Hornibrook). Similar to the preceding, but less compact 

 and more conical, with more vigorous branchlets to Ij^ inches long and inclined 

 to droop: leaves radial and stiff on the leading shoots, thinner and flatter and 

 more pectinately arranged on the lateral branchlets. Var. Parsonsii, Rehd. 



