PINE FAMILY. 337 
2. A’BIES, Tournef. Srrvce. Fm. 
[The classical Latin name.} 
Staminate aments scattered, or clustered near the ends of the branchlets. 
Cones with om , = wee flat scales, — thickened nor spine-pointed at the 
apex. @ persistent wing. Trees with seers oe 
short and fata. rigid evergreen ioe, sa are frequent ste 
* Cones lateral, erect, the scales fallin om the axis at matu leaves 
Jiat, becoming 2-ranked, white siteiaenths ki blunt or notched at t igen : 
alsa’mea, Marshall. Leaves narrowly linear ; cones cylindrical, 
large ; bracts obovate, serrulate, mucronate, slightly projecting, ‘Toereoee 
Batsamtc Aptes. Balsam Fir. Balm of Gilead Fir. 
rohan nort! 
Obs. A Spon but short-lived tree, which is very handsome 
when young, but becomes mugged and unsightly when old. It is fre- 
it cultivated about houses 
limited 
value. The nearl —_ A. Fraseri; Pursh—the Double Balsam Fir— 
1s found in Peis lyania, and sar any upon the mountains ; it differs 
from the foregoing, in "ite smaller fruit, 1 —2 inches lane while 4s ob- 
long wedge-shaped bracts, with projecting at reflexed points ; it also 
yields balsam. 
* ® Cones terminal, hanging: scales not falling a the axis. 
¢ Leaves flat, 2-ranked, whitened beneat: 
2. A, Canaden’sis, Mz. Young branches dere drooping ; cones 
elliptic-oyoid, small. . 
Canaptan Apres. Hemlock Spruce. Hemlock. ne 
«kg fe tapering rapidly near 
the to with long horizontal or often rather petiectran branches a are slender and 
faci Leaves half Sly otter 9 
Soa re 
comtsoly ‘atrangea around, Fe pts = boat Ss io a 
+ torminal, somewrhat leo ae us, about an inch long, b Se ek ooh when m young, 
finally pale brown or ; scales obovate, concave, with 
and entire. 
Fr. August ~ 
Sa ts streams : throughout the United States. ae 
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