202 PltlEA, OB, 



along the upper side, and marked beneath on both sides of the 

 prominent midrib with white glaucous stripes, and from 

 one-half to one-third of an inch long, and one line broad. 

 Cones solitary, oblong-cylindrical, obtuse at the apex, sessile 

 and erect on the upper side of the branches, and three inches 

 long, and one and a quarter broad. Scales broadly-reniform 

 and resinous, with the margins rounded and entire, and one- 

 third of an inch long, and three-fourths of an inch broad, 

 Bracteas broad and linear below, enlarged and orbicular above, 

 irregularly dentated on the margins, and with a short, 

 projecting point. Seeds wedge-shaped, angular, soft, and full 

 of turpentine, with somewhat equal-sided, persistent wings, 

 broadest at the top. 



A tall, pyramidal tree, found on the mountains of Fusiyama 

 in Japan. 



No. 4. PiCEA BRACTEATA, Loudon, the Leafy -bracted Silver Fir. 

 Syn. Abies bracteata. Hooker. 



„ Pinus bracteata, Don. 



„ „ venusta, Douglas. 

 Leaves solitary, two-rowed, linear, tapering to both ends, 

 alternate, flat on the upper side, entire, and sharp-pointed, from 

 two to two and a half inches long, and rather more than one-tenth 

 of an inch wide, bright green above, ribbed with two silvery- 

 white lines below, crowded and scattered at the insertion on the 

 branches, but two-rowed and extended above. Branches in 

 whorls, spreading, slender, lower ones drooping, lesser ones 

 bent downwards ; buds composed of large, loose, elliptic, pale- 

 yellow scales, destitute of resin, axillary, and scattered along 

 the branches but mostly towards the points. Cones ovate, 

 erect, on very short footstalks, four inches long, and two inches 

 wide, in great clusters on the upper side of the top adult 

 branches. Scales kidney-shaped, concave and rounded on the . 

 upper margin, and stipulate at the back. Bracteas wedge- 

 shaped, three-lobed, the middle one two inches long, recurved, 

 particularly those towards the base, which are the longest, while 

 those towards the summit are nearly straight, much shorter, and 



