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inches long, and nearly one inch in diameter. Scales nume- 

 rous, obovate, wedge-shaped at the base, rounded or slightly 

 truncate at the apex, smooth on the back, and entire on the 

 edges. Seeds rather small and blackish, with pale yellowish 

 oblong wings. 



A taU tree, resembling Abies Menziesii, and in favourable 

 situations growing 80 feet high, but diminishing in stature ac- 

 cording to situation, soil, and elevation. 



It is found on the Altai Mountains, in Dahuria, Songaria, 

 Kamtschatka, and along the Amoor in Eastern Siberia. 



No. 13. Abies Smithiana, Loudon, the Indian Spruce Fir. 

 Syp. Abies Khutrow, Loudon. 

 „ ,, Morinda, Hort. 

 „ „ spinulosa, Griffith. 

 „ „ pendula, Griffith. 



„ Picea Morinda, Link. 

 „ „ Khutrow, Garri&re. 

 „ Pinus Khutrow, Boyle. 



Morinda, Hort, 

 „ „ Smithiana, Lambert. 

 Leaves singly at nearly equal distances around the shoots, 

 mostly four-sided, somewhat curved, from one and a half to two 

 inches long, scattered, and with excessive sharp points. Branches 

 spread out horizontal, those nearest the bottom somewhat bent 

 downwards ; lateral ones very numerous, slender, and drooping. 

 Cones pendulous, when fully matured, from four to six inches 

 long, and two inches broad, ovate-oblong, or nearly cylindrical, 

 with very even, brown, obovate, rounded scales, covered with 

 a glaucous bloom when young ; the young cones are at first 

 bright green and upright, but from their own weight and 

 the slenderness of the branches, and being terminal, soon be- 

 come pendulous. Seeds very small and nearly black j wings 

 rather small. 



A magnilicent tree, found on the lofty mountains of the in- 

 terior, from Bhotan up to Kaiiristan, at elevations of from 

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