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ARBORETUM AND FKUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



. A. vulgaris Voir. Diet. Fnet/c., (5. p. 514. : A. pectinata Dec. Fl. Fr., 2. p. 275., N. Du 

 H.irn., S p. 294.5 -"'• /axit'.Mia lh'»t. Par.; A. Picea Z./wrf/. in Pt'/in. Cyc, No. 1. ; A. excelsa 

 Link Abhami., &C.,jahr 1S-J7, p. 182, • Spanish Fir; Sapin commun, Sapin a Feuilles d'lf, Sapin 

 blane, Sapin ar ; ;ente, Sapin on Peigoe, Sapin de Normantlie, Fr. ; weiss Tanne, Edeltanne, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Vin.,ed. l 2., 1. t. 40 ; 

 Nov. Ait. Acad. Nat. Cur., ;>. ; App., 



t. \3. f. 2& 44. : Pall. Ross., 1. t. 1. f. A/IXTK. 2237 



F.j Wood v. Med. Bot, t 209. ; licit, 

 und Abel. Abb., t. 98. ; N. Du Ham., 

 .">. t. 88.; our fig, 2837. of the natural 

 size, and fig. 2238. to our usual scale ; 

 and the plates of this species in our 

 last Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves soli- 

 tary, flat, obtuse; 2-ranked, 

 with their points turned up. 

 Cones axillary, cylindrical, 

 erect ; scales with a long 

 dorsal bractea. Anthers with 

 a short crest, with two teeth. 

 (Lois.) Buds short, egg- 

 shaped, blunt; of a reddish 

 yellow, with from 16 to 20 

 blunt scales. Leaves from 

 ^ in. to 1 in. long, stiff", turned 

 up at the points; of a shining 

 dark green above, and with 

 two lines of silvery white on 

 each side of the midrib be- 

 neath. Cones from 6 in. to 

 8 in. long, and from 1a in. to 

 2 in. broad; cylindrical; green 

 when young, afterwards red- 

 dish, and, when ripe, brown. 

 Scale a in. to li in. long, and 

 l£ in. broad. Seeds variously 

 angular, § in. long, and -^ in. 

 broad. Cotyledons 5. The 

 blossoms appear in May, and 

 the cones are matured in the 

 ( Ictober of the following year. 



/ 'tn irtit'S. 



IP. p. 2 tortubsa Booth has 



the branches and 



branchlets remarkably 



twisted or crooked. 



There is a plant in 



Messrs. Loddigcs's ar- 

 boretum 3 ft. high. 

 i P. p. 3/dlUi variegdtu has 



the leaves variegated. 



There is a fine plant 



of this variety, about 



4 ft. high, in the col- 

 lection of the Rev. 



Theodore Williams, 



at i [endon ; and the 



lower blanch of a 



large tree at White 



Knight* hat become variegated, from which we have brought cut- 

 tings, and presented tliem to the Horticultural Society, and to the 

 Eiammei smith and Pulham Nurseries. 



