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Leaves mostly curved upward; twigs not ill-scented. 



Cones 6 inches long or less; bracts projecting beyond scales; 

 leaves f^-l inch long, bright green on upper surface. 



6. A. nordmanniana. 

 Cones 8 inches long; bracts concealed by scales; leaves 1-1 J4 



inches long, dark green on upper surface. 



7. A. cilicia. 

 Leaves acute. 8. A. cephalonica. 



Leaves pungently acute; bracts long-exserted. 9. A. venusta. 



1. Abies pinsapo Boiss. Spanish Fir. 



Leaves dark steely green on both surfaces, rigidly spreading from all 

 sides of the twig, crowded, their much enlarged bases nearly contiguous, 

 Yi-Yi, inch long, 1/12 inch wide, slightly keeled on both surfaces, stoma- 

 tiferous on both surfaces, with inconspicuous gray bands, obtuse but curved 

 upward at tip and appearing acute; cones about 8 inches long, lJ/2-1% 

 inches broad; scales wedge-shaped, 1 inch wide; bracts short, rounded, not 

 stalked. 



The Spanish Fir is a native of central and southern Spain, where it 

 forms extensive forests on the mountains at altitudes of 4,000-6,000 feet. 

 Excellent specimens of this species are at the southeastern border of the 

 Cactus Garden. 



2. Abies barborensis M'Nab. Algerian Fir. 



Leaves dark lustrous green on both surfaces, rigidly spreading from all 

 sides of twig, enlarged at base, less crowded than in the preceding; Yi-Yk 

 inch long, J^ inch wide, rounded at apex, flat but keeled on both surfaces, 

 stomatiferous bands inconspicuous on both surfaces; cones 10 inches long, 

 dull grayish brown; scales rounded at apex, tapering to base, 1-1J4 inches 

 wide; bracts short, rounded. 



Native of Mt. Barbor and Mt. Tababor, Algeria, where it is found with 

 the Mt. Atlas cedar. It is a forest tree, often 60 feet high, with compact 

 branches forming symmetrical pyramidal heads. Two trees are along the 

 eastern border of the Cactus Garden near Ahies grandis. 



3. Abies concolor (Gord.) Parry. White Fir. 

 Leaves ascending or indistinctly 2-ranked, glaucous green and stoma- 

 tiferous on both surfaces, 1-2 inches long, 1/12 inch wide, obtuse or acutish, 

 faintly grooved above, keeled below, with 2 lateral shallow grooves; cones 

 6-10 inches long, 1-1^ inches broad; scales broader than long, rounded at 

 apex, gradually tapering to the base ; bracts half the length of scales, oblong, 



