LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 



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narrow, flat, leaving a circular scar on the branch when they fall. Male 

 catkins scattered, axillary ; anthers crested, opening crosswise ; pollen- 

 cells winged. Cones erect, maturing the first year. Bracts more or less 

 conspicuous, free from the scales except at their base. Seed-scales 

 becoming detached from a central column when ripe, and each falling 

 separately. Seed with a large inseparable wing. Testa with resin 

 canals. Cotyledons 4-8, flat, leafy, entire. Primary leaves of the 

 same form but much smaller. 



The species enumerated under this genus have been, and still are, 

 included in some catalogues, under other genera, as Tsuga, Pseudo- 

 tsuga, Keteleeria and especially under Picea and Pinus. The 

 reader who may not find the specific name he seeks under Abies should 

 consult the genera named. 



A. ajanensis. See Picea ajanensis. 



A. alba. See Picea alba and P. pectinata. 



A. Alhertiana, Murray. See Tsuga Mertensiana. 



A. Alcockiana. See Picea Alcockiana. 



1. A. amabilis, Forbes, Pinetum JVoourn. t. 44 ; Engelmann in Gard. 

 Chron. 1880, 720, 725, f. 136-141 ; Yeitch, 86, fig. ; Sargent, Census 

 Beport, 213 ; Beissner, 468, fig. ; Macoun, 475 ; Masters, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxii. (1886) p. 171, fig. ; Gard. Chron. June 16, 1888, p. 755, 

 fig. male fl. Red Fir. 



Syjvojvyms : — Pinus amahilis, Douglas ; Parlatore, 426, partly (see 

 also A. lasiocarpa). Pinus grandis, Lambert, ed, i. t. 26 (not of 

 Douglas). Picea amabilis, Loudon, Arboretum, f. 2247 ; Encyd. 1046, 

 f. 1960. J. &ies (/rancZ is, Murray (not of others). A. grandis YSir. densi- 

 flora, Engelmann. A. magnifica of some gardens, not of Murray. 



Fraser River Valley to Oregon. Discovered and introduced by 

 Douglas. 



A. Apollinis. See Abies cephalonica. 

 A. ardica, Murray. See Picea alba. 



2. A. balsamea, Miller ; Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. t. 37 ; Yeitch, 

 86 ; Beissner, 464 ; Macoun, 473. The Balsam Fir. 



Sfj^onyms : — Pinus balsamea, Linnaeus ; Lambert, ed. i. 48, t. 31 ; 

 Parlatore, 423 ; Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, iv. tab. 263. Picea 

 balsamea, Loudon, Arboretum, f. 2240 ; Pncycl. Trees, 1044, f. 1953. 



Yakieties : — Hudsonica, Yeitch, 88 ; Beissner, 465 ; also vars. 



LONGIFOLIA, BRACHYLEPIS, C^RULEA, NANA, PROSTRATA, DENUDATA, 

 NUDICAUIilS, VARIEGATA and ARGENTEA of catalogues. 



Canada and North-east United States. 



A. bifida. See Abies firma. 



A. bifolia, Murray. See Abies lasiocarpa. 



3. A. brachyphylla, Maximowicz. Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 

 1, 1879, p. 556, fig. 92, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xviii. p. 515. 



