CHAT. CXIII. 



CON I FKH/E. A BU:S. 



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1 10. ^4. dumo^sa Lamb. The bushy a/p'wc Spruce Fir. 



Synonymes. Plnus dumb<a Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., I. t. 46. ; A'b'ics Brunoniana Lindl. in Penn. Cyc, 



No. 9. ; P. decfdua Wall. MS. ; P. Brunoniana Wall. Plant. As. Rar., 3. p. 24. t. 247. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin.,ed. 2., 1. t. 46. ; Wall. Plant. As. Kar. 3. t. 247. ; and our figs. 2233. and 2234. 

 Spec. Char., 8fc. Leaves solitary, linear, obtuse, mostly on one side of the branches ; glaucous be- 

 neath, denticulated. Cones ovate, terminal, solitary : bracteoles wedge-shaped, plicate, emargi- 

 nate, glabrous. (Lamb. Pin.) Leaves f in. to 1 in. long. Cones, scales, and seeds scarcely 

 different from those of A. canadensis. A native of Nepal, not yet introduced. 

 Description. A dense and very 

 bushy tree, 70 ft. or 80 ft. high, with 

 the appearance of ^'bies canaden- 

 sis. Branches numerous, spreading, 

 twiggy, covered with an ash-co- 

 loured brownish bark. Leaves soli- 

 tary, linear, obtuse, 2-rowed, some- 

 what pectinate, more crowded than 

 in A. canadensis ; from 5 lines to 1 in. 

 long, ] line broad ; green above, shin- 

 ing and glaucous beneath ; deflexed 

 on the margin, obsoletely denticulate 

 towards the apex. Cones terminal, 

 solitary, ovate, mucronate, smooth, 

 sessile, 1 in. long; scales roundish, 

 somewhat membranaceous, brown- 

 ish, curled and torn on the margin : 

 bracteoles very short, somewhat 

 membranaceous, roundish, wedge- 

 shaped, slightly plaited, nearly fan- 

 shaped, emarginate ; margins un- 

 equal, smooth. Seeds small, cuneate, 

 ferruginous, furnished with an ob- 

 long, obtuse, pale, shining, mem. 

 branaceous wing. (Lamb., Wall., 

 9033 and Penny Cyc.) Dr. WaJlich ob- 



serves that the leaves of this fir are 

 mealy beneath, and that they are so 

 extremely deciduous, that the slightest shake of the branch is sufficient to detach them. The natives, 

 who call the tree Tangshing, do not use the wood, as they find it liable to warp. It was discovered by 

 Captain Webb, and named Brunoniana by Dr. Wallich, in honour of Mr. Brown ; the specific name 

 of dumosa refers to the bushy habit of the tree. This species is a native of Nepal and Bhotan. Dr. 

 Wallich 's collectors gathered it on the lofty peak of Gossainthan. According to Dr. Royle, it is 

 rare, and was only seen by him on the more northern parts of the hills. Mr. Lambert justly observes 

 that this species is very nearly allied to the hemlock spruce; but he adds that it differs from it, in 

 having longer and more crowded leaves, with their margins deflected. The cones are larger, with 

 their scales wavy, and somewhat erose at the edges, and the bracteas not fringed at the margins. As 

 there can be little doubt of its being quite hardy in England, it is much to be desired that it should 

 be introduced. 



1 11. A. cephalo'nica. The Cephalonian Silver Spruce Fir. 



Synonymes. Koukounaria, and also Elatos, in Cephalonia; A. taxifdlia Hort. ; A. luscombeana 



Hort. ; the Mount Enos Fir. 

 Engravings. Our figs. 2235. and 2236., from living specimens received from Hampton Lodge, Lus- 



combe, and Dropmore. 



Spec. Char. Cones, ?. Leaves subulate, flat ; dark green above, and silvery 

 beneath ; tapering from the base to the summit, which terminates in a sharp 

 spine. Petioles very short, dilated lengthwise at the point of their attach- 

 ment to the branches ; the dilated part of a much lighter green than the rest 

 of the leaf. A tree, in its native country (Cephalonia), upwards of 60 ft. high, 

 with a trunk 9 ft. or 10 ft. in circumference, and numerous side branches, 

 which, when young, give it the general appearance of an araucaria. Intro- 

 duced in 1824. 



Description. General Charles James Napier, who, when governor of 

 Cephalonia, paid great attention to this tree, and first sent seeds of it to 

 England, informs us that the largest specimens which he saw of it in Cepha- 

 lonia were 60 ft. high and upwards ; and that the side branches, when the tree 

 is not crowded by others, are very numerous, and spread out to a great 

 distance, so as to form a very broad tree in proportion to its height. The 

 leaves, on plants raised in England, are equally and thickly distributed over the 

 branches, and stand out nearly at right angles on every side. They are of a 

 fine shining dark green above, and have two rather obscure silvery lines, sepa- 

 rated by the midrib, beneath. They differ from those of all other species of 

 yTbies and Picea, in terminating in a long, brown, sharp, prickle, and in having 

 the footstalks (which are so short that the leaves are almost sessile) dilated 

 lengthwise in the direction of the branches ; the dilated part being of a much 



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