72 ABIES, OR SILVER FIRS 
should have considered, rather more of an orange 
than brown colour as generally described, and as for 
the prominences of their slightly fissured surface, they 
are more after the manner of eminences in the roads 
of fenlands, where the gradients are so obscure that 
surveyors can hardly put a figure to them, and 
travellers in their locomotive experiences fail to 
observe them. The leaves are thicker nearer the 
base than are those of the Cephalonica, which are 
markedly narrowed. On both they appear as if 
situated upon little green plinths, or stands, and when 
detached leave behind the orthodox round scar of 
the Abies. 
While the stomata of the Pinsapo are pretty clear 
to the naked eye, the Cephalonica stomata on the 
upper side call for the use of the magnifying-glass to 
bring them into notice. Both trees merit the universal 
recommendation to plant bestowed upon them by 
the authorities. 
GROUP II 
A. BracTEata, GRANDIS, Lowiana, Firma, Homo- 
LEPIS, BRACHYPHYLLA, PECTINATA, WEBBIANA, 
BALSAMEA, FRASERI 
Group II consists of Silver Firs that are described 
as V-shaped, while the members of Group III are 
credited with median leaves arranged on the upper 
side of the shoot. : 
The first thing to accomplish a mastery over is: 
what is meant by and what constitutes a V-shaped 
depression, and what appearance the Group III 
described as possessed of median leaves on the top 
presents, and even what is meant by median leaves 
and where do they come in in the story. We will 
try to briefly explain them both, 
