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11. Abies n6ébilis, Lindl. (Rep 
Fir.) Leaves 1 to 2 in. long, linear, 
much curved, the base extending a 
short distance upward along the 
branch, then spreading squarely from it, 
crowded, compressed, deep green above, 
_glaucous below; base of the leaf much 
less disk-like than in most of the Firs; 
branches horizontal, spreading, numer- 
ous. Cones 6 to 7 in. long and nearly 
2 in. in diameter, cylindric, sessile, with 
large, entire, incurved scales; bracts 
large, exserted, reflexed, spatulate, with 
terminal, awl-shaped points. A very GS 
large, beautiful tree, from the Pacific A. nébilis. 
coast, where it grows 200 ft. high. Hardy in Pennsylvania, but needs 
some protection in Massachusetts. 
12, Abies pectinata, DC. (EUROPEAN 
Sirver Fir.) Leaves % to 1 in. long, 
linear, obtuse, occasionally with an in- 
curved point, polished green above, 
two white lines below, rigid, straight; 
branches horizontal and in whorls. Cones 
6 to 8 in. long, cylindric, brown when ripe; 
seales broad, thin, rounded; bracts long, 
exserted, with an acute reflexed tip. In- 
troduced from Europe. Good specimens 
can be found as far north as Massachu- 
setts, though our climate is not fitted to 
A. pectinata. give them either long life or perfect form. 
Genus 9%. LARIX. (THE LARCHES.) 
Leaves deciduous, all foliaceous, the primary ones scat- 
tered, but most of them in bundles of numerous leaves 
from lateral globular buds. Cones usually small (in one cul- 
tivated species 3 in. long), ovoid, erect, with smooth scales. 
* Cones less than 1 in. long, of not more than 25 scales......... 1. 
* Cones 1 to 2 in. long, of from 40 to 60 scales.............. Dds 
* Cones 2 to 3 in. long, with thick, woody, somewhat divergent 
deciduous seales. (Pseudolarix)........+.seeeeeerees ase e 4, 
