8 ABIES, OR 



Abies excelsa brevifolu, Cripps. The Short-leaved Minia- 

 ture Spruce. 

 A distinct pigmy Spruce, with very minute leaves. 



Abies excelsa dentjdata, Eort, the Naked or Twig-branched 

 Common Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies excelsa virgata, Jacques. 

 „ Picea excelsa denudata, Carrihre. 

 This variety differs principally from the monstrous form of 

 the Common Spruce, in the lesser branches being more twiggy, 

 spreading, reflected, and a little more divided at irregular dis- 

 tances, and in the leaves being stouter, and lying more closely 

 along the branchlets. It is of French origin. 



Abies excelsa elegans, Loudon, the Elegant Common Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies elegans, Smith. 

 „ „ excelsa dumosa, Hort. 

 A dwarf variety, with very slender gray foliage, only grow- 

 ing 4 or 5 feet high, with a very compact pretty appearance. 



Abies excelsa eremita. Knight, the Solitary Eed-branched 

 Common Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies miniata, Knight. 

 „ Picea excelsa eremita, Carri^re. 

 A variety with short stout branches, covered with a yellowish 

 red bark, and mostly solitary, or free from laterals ; the leaves 

 are short, irregularly four-sided, somewhat two-rowed, from 

 being reverted or bent backwards, and mostly blunt-pointed. 



It nearly approaches Abies excelsa monstrosa, but is much 

 less branching, and with the bark generally of a much redder 

 colour. 



