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magnifica.) glauca. robusta. Under the last name some form of 

 A. magnifica is often grown. 



Mountains of Oregon and California. Discovered and introduced 

 by Douglas, 



17. A. Nordmanniana, Spach ; J. D. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 6992 ; 

 Masters in Gard. Chron. Jan. 30, 1886, p. 145, fig. ; Oct. 17, 1891, 

 p. 460 ; Beissner, 435 ; Veitch, 102 ; Boissier, Flor. Orient, v. 703. 



Synonym : — Ficea Nordmanniana, Loudon, Encyd. 1042, f . 1950. 



Varieties : — The varieties refracta, speciosa, glauca, robusta, 

 BREViFOLiA, AUREA, AUREO-sPiCA are mentioned by Beissner. 

 A. iNSiGNis, Carriere, is said to be a hybrid between Nordman- 

 niana X Pinsapo. 



Crimea, Caucasus. Introduced in 1848. Probably a variety of 

 the Silver Fir, but sufi&ciently distinct to be kept separate for garden 

 purposes. 



18. A. numidica, De Lannoy (1866) ; Veitch, 103 ; Beissner, 447. 

 See Masters in Gard. Chron. Feb. 4, 1888, p. 140, fig. 23, for full 

 synonymy ; Trabut, Bev. Gen. Bot. August 1889. 



Synonym: — A. Finsapo var. hahorensis, Cosson. 

 Algerian mountains, at 4,000-6,000 feet. Discovered by Gibert in 

 1861. Introduced to France by De Lannoy. 

 A. Farryana. See Picea pungens. 

 A. Farsonsiana. See Abies Lowiana. 



,19. A. pectinata, De Candolle, Flor. Franc, p. 276 (1805); Kew 

 Index ; Link ; Boissier, Flor. Orient, v. 701 ; Yeitch, 103 ; Beissner, 

 428. The common Silver Fir, known from classical times. 



Synonyms : — Abies alha, Miller (1768) ; Bichter, Flant. Furop. 

 A. vulgaris, Poiret, Encyd. Method, vol. vi. (1804) : this and the 

 ■preceding are the two oldest names, but neither has been generally 

 taken up. A. Ficea, Lindley. A. excelsa, Salisbury (1805) ; Link (1827). 

 A. taxifolia, Desfontaines (1809). Ficea pectinata, Loudon, Arboretum, 

 f. 2237 ; Encyd. Trees, 1037, f. 1939. Finns pectinata, Lamarck 

 (1778). Finns Abies, Duroi (1771) ; Endlicher. Finns Ficea, Linnaeus, 

 1753. 



Varieties : — equi-trojani, Ascherson ex Beissner, 431 ; pyra- 

 MIDALIS, stricta, fastigiata, coluimnaeis, pendula, virgata, 



TORTUOSA, BREVIFOLIA TENUIORIFOLIA, VARIEGATA, AUREA, ETC. 



The following additional names belonging to this species are taken, 

 by permission, from the Kew Index (unpublished), but the names are 

 not in common use : A. argentea, baJdensis, candicans, mctensis, minor. 



This is one of the cases where adhesion to strict priority would lead 

 to endless confusion, and hence I have adopted the name most 

 generally adopted. 



Mountains of Central and Southern Europe. 



