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minutely white-punctate ; sterile aments 6-9" long, anther-crests rounded, 

 dentate-fimbriate ; fertile aments 9-10'' long, dark-purple, the fleshy ovate 

 obtuse squarrose scales scarcely exceeding the ovate-lanceolate bracts ; cones 

 solitary, about 2' long, f wide, ovate-cylindric, obtuse, reddish-brown ; scales 

 thin, 6" wide, obovate-rhombic, subtruncate or emarginate, erose ; bracts 2-3" 

 long, ovate-oblong, obtusish, dentate ; seed 1" long ; wing obliquely obovate, 

 2-3" long. — Bark thin, (!¥',) scaly, reddish or purplish-brown ; wood white 

 and soft. Rocky Mountains, from New Mexico to Montana. East Humboldt 

 Mountains, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch and Uintas ; 8-10,000 feet altitude : 

 known as " White Pine." (1,114) 



Abies Menziesii, Lindl. {Finns, Dougl. DC. Prodr. 16. 2. 418.) 

 Tall, of strict conical growth, with spreading branches ; branchlets light- 

 colored, smooth and shining ; bud-scales ovate, obtuse, the lowest pubescent, 

 carinate and awned ; leaves crowded, 6-12" long, stout and rigid, compressed- 

 tetragonal, very acute, minutely white-punctate ; sterile aments 9-12" long,, 

 thick, anther-crests subrounded, dentate ; fertile aments 15-20" long, with 

 pale shining rounded scales, bracts minute ; cones abundant, solitary or sub- 

 clustered, drooping, 2j-5' long, 12-15" wide^ light-brown, obtuse ; scales thin, 

 5-7" wide, oval or subrhombic, more or less elongated above, obtuse or sub- 

 emarginate and erose-dentate ; bracts small ; seed 1-1 J" long, wing obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, 4-6" long. — Bark 3-6" thick, smooth and gray, with numer- 

 ous vesicles, becoming in older trees very thick, hard and ridged; wood 

 rather coarse-grained. From Sitka to California and Colorado. In the 

 Wahsatch and Uintas ; 7-9,000 feet altitude ; known as " Balsam." As in 

 the last the dried specimens are apt to lose their leaves, but the species 

 may be distinguished at once from each other by the smooth or pubescent 

 branchlets. (1,115.) 



Abies amabilis, Forbes. (1) {Finns, Dougl. DC. Frodr. 16. 2. 426.) 

 Tall, pyramidal, with horizontal branches; leaves 6-12" long, 1" wide, 

 closely crowded in 2 rows, subsecund, erect-spreading, rigid, curved or 

 falcate, usually acutely mucronate, flat or somewhat channeled and dark- 

 green above, strongly carinate and glaucous beneath; "sterile aments 3-4" 

 long, oval;" fertile ones 10" long, subcylindric, the concave rounded long- 

 cuspidate bract exceeding the rounded ciliolate scale, basal bracts numerous, 

 ovate, obtuse, smooth ; cones 4^61' long, lJ-2^' wide, solitary, erect, cylin- 

 drical, obtuse, brownish-purple ; scales 1' long, 14' wide, horizontal and close- 



