LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 



12. P. obovata, Ledebour ; Beissner, 368. 



Stnonfm: — Abies obovata, Loudon, Arboretum, iv. 2329 ; Encycl. 

 1029, 1926 ; Veitch, 80. P. Maximowiczii of gardens (see ante), a 

 dwarf form, is referred by Maximowicz to this species. 



Varieties : — ? japonica, Maximowicz, Index Sem. Petrop. 1866, 

 p. 3. ScHRENKiAiTA, Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc. 506. Abies 

 ScHRENKiANA, Lindl. et Gordon. Picea ScHRENKiAisrA, Fischer and 

 Meyer ; Beissner, 371. 



North-east Europe and Northern Asia. By some considered a 

 form of Picea excelsa. 



13. P. Omorica, Pancic ; Beissner, 383, fig. ; Willkomm, ForstUche 

 Flora, 100, figs. 1-12; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1877, p. 620, and 

 March 8, 1884, p. 308, fig. ; and in Journ. Li?m. Soc. xxii. 203, fig. 

 Wettstein, Sitzungsb. d. Kais. Acad. d. Wissensch. Wien, Bd. xclx. 

 p. 503, c. ic. (§ Omorica.) 



Synonym: — Pinus Omorica, Pancic. Qard. Chron. April 14, 1877, 

 p. 470. 



Mountains of Servia. 



14. P. orientalis, Carri^re ; Beissner, 347, fig. ; Masters in Qard. 

 Chron. March 13, 1886, p. 333, fig., and June 16, 1886, p. 754, fig. 

 male fl. ; Boissier, Flora Orientalis, vi. 701. 



Synonyms : — Abies orientalis, Poiret ; Yeitch, 76 ; Loudon, Encycl. 

 1029, f. 1925 ; Pinet. Britan. ii. 163, t. 23. Pinus orientalis. Linn. ; 

 Parlatore. Abies Wittmanniana, hort. ^c?e Beissner. 



Varieties : — pygm^a and aurea. 



Mountains of the Taurus and Caucasus. Introduced in 1839. 



15. P. polita, Carri^re ; Beissner, 380, with fig. from Gard. Chron. 

 1880, p. 233 ; Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. (1890), p. 46, t. 3, f. 7 ; 

 Masters, Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. tab. xix. ; in Gard. Chron. Feb. 21, 

 1880, p. 233, fig. 



Synonyms :— Abies Torano, Siebold. A. polita, Siebold and 

 Zuccarini, Flor. Jap. ii. p. 20 ; Veitch, 77, figs. 9 -10. 

 Mountains of Japan. 



16. P. pungens, Engelmann in Gard. Chron. 1879, 334 ; 1882, 

 145 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1883, 725, f. 130, and Nov. 7, 1891, 

 pp. 547, 549, fig. cone ; Beissner, 347. 



Synonyms : — Picea Parryana commutata of gardens, Abies Men- 

 ziesii, Engelmann partly. Picea Moiziesii, not of Carriere. Abies or 

 Picea Engelmanni of gardens, not of Engelmann. 



Varieties : — glauca, and specially argentea, hort., A. Waterer, 

 are the most beautiful of the silver variegated kinds. 



Mountains of Wyoming, Utah, and California, 6,000-9,000 feet. 



P. rubra, Link. Red Spruce = Abies rubra. Abies arctica, Cunn. 

 ex Kew Index. Arctic America. Introduced in 1755. A dwarf form 

 of Picea nigra, which see. 



