18 CHINESE ECONOMIC TREES 



Picea montigena Masters. 



Tree to 33 m. tall. Branchlets pale brown, hairy. Winter buds 

 ovoid, acutish, resinous. Leaves quadrangular, curved, acutish, shiny 

 green and somewhat glaucous, about 12 mm. long. Cones shiny red- 

 brown, cylindric, 8-10 cm. long with rounded or truncate scales. Cones 

 remain on the tree fully a year after seeds are shed. 



W. China. 



Picea brachytyla Pritzel. 



Tree to 22 m. tall. Branchlets yellow-brown, nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves straight, acutish, compressed, whitish above, 12-15 mm. long. 

 Cone cylindric, 7-9 cm. long; scales obovate, entire. Seeds winged. 



W. China. 



Picea aurantiaca Masters. 



Tree to 25 m. tall. Bark light gray. Branchlets orange, glabrous. 

 Leaves quadrangular, 15 mm. long. Cones 11-12 cm. long, brown, 

 subcoriaceous, broad, rounded. 



W. Szechuan. 



A species of restricted distribution, probably best regarded as a 

 mere form of P. schrenkiana. 



Picea neoveitchii Masters. 



Tree to 15 m. tall. Branchlets shiny yellow-brown. Leaves about 

 15 mm. long, quadrangular, pointed. Cones 13-14 cm. long, oblong- 

 cylindric, narrowed at both ends; scales oblong or suborbicular, entire. 

 Seeds 25 mm. long, winged. 



Rare tree in Hupeh. Mr. Wilson encountered only a single tree of 

 this species. Seems to be closely allied to P. polita of Japan. 



Picea retroflexa Masters. 



Tree to 45 m. tall. Bark gray, peeling off in flakes. Branchlets 

 yellow to dull orange, glabrous, rarely slightly pubescent. Leaves quad- 

 rangular, stomatiferous on all 4 sides, 1-2.5 cm. long, sharp pointed. 

 Cones shiny brown, symmetrical, 8-12 cm. long; scales obovate, rounded, 

 striated, stiff. Seeds winged; wing 1.5 cm. long, oblique, oblong-obovate. 



West Szechuan, may be only P. asperata. 



