PINACEAE 19 



Picea shrenkiana Fisher & Meyer. ' 



(Picea watsoniana Masters) 



Tall pyramidal tree. Branchlets pendulous, glabrous, ashy gray. 

 Buds ovoid, light brown. Leaves quadrangular, 2-4 cm. long, dull green, 

 acute. Cones 8-10 cm. long, cylindric-ovate with entire scales, shiny 

 brown; scales obovate, cuneate with entire margins. 



Siberia to N. China (Kansu to Chihli). A hardy species common 

 within its range. 



Picea purpurea Masters. 



Tree to 20 m. tall, pyramidal when young, becoming irregular with 

 massive horizontal branches at maturity. Bark dark gray, peeling off 

 in regular flakes. Branchlets orange-yellow. Winter buds ovoid. Leaves 

 more or less compressed with 2 white lines above, green beneath , curved , 

 somewhat blunt, 8-12 mm. long. Cones purple, cylindric-oblong, 5-6 

 cm. long; scales rhombic to oblong, abruptly narrowed above the middle 

 with acute or truncated apex, 



The wood is brownish, close-grained and resinous; used for con- 

 struction. The purple cones make this a distinct as well as handsome 

 species. 



Szechuan & Kansu. 



Picea likiangensis (Franchet) Pritzel. 



Tree to 25 m. tall. Branchlets yellow-gray, slightly hairy. Leaves 

 quadrangular, slightly compressed, prominently keeled with 2 white 

 lines above, 12 mm. long. Cone about 5 cm. long, brownish yellow with 

 flexible rhombic-ovate scales, denticulate or slightly wavy margined 

 above the middle. 



Rarely this tree attains 35 m. tall in favorable situations. The 

 flexible scales are horizontally spreading when the cone is ripe. 



Szechuan & Yunnan. 



Picea glehnii Masters. 



A dense, low tree with spreading red, hairy or shaggy branches. 

 Buds subglobose, resinous, brown. Leaves crowded, ascending, curved, 

 linear, quadrangular, acute, green, the curved surface glaucous. Cones 



