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Mount Taurus and the Caucasian region (Trans. Koy. Scot. Art^^ 

 Soc. xii. pt. 2). 



In short, its habitat might be stated thus : Eastern and south- 

 eastern shores of tlie Black Sea, Taurus and the Caucasus, Imeritia, 

 Mingrelia, between Adschar and Guriel. Abundant near Trebizond. 



Introduced into Great Britain in 1839 (Lawson's " Pinetum 

 Britannicum : " Abies orientalis, p. 3). Some authors say that it was 

 introduced into Europe in 1837 . 



P. orientalis planted in 1849 in Denmark now measures 49 feet in 

 height and 4 feet in girth. Larger trees are probably to be found in 

 Danish gardens ; one has been estimated at 53 feet. It has done well 

 at Stockholm and Upsala. 



P. polita, Carr. Tr. Gen. des Conif. 256 ; Masters, Linn. 

 Journ. xviii. 507 ; Nakamura, Ueber den Anat. Bau der w. j. Conif. 

 xvii. 26 ; Matzumura, Nippon Shokobutzumei, Tokio, 140, 1628 ; 

 Desc. Cat. Exhib. Edinburgh, 253 ; Yatabe, Cat. of Plants, Herb. 

 Tokio, 187 ; Cat. of Plants, Bot. Gard. Tokio, 208 ; Tanaka Jo, 

 Dai Nippon Shokubutsu-tai ; San-rin-kai, 91, 1, 20. Ahies polita, 

 Y. 212, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. 20 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. 

 Soc. V. 212 ; Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, 77 ; Miquel, Prolus. 

 Fl. Jap. 331, 3 ; Yoyo moku-sai shoran, 22 ; Franch. and Savat. 

 Enum. 466, 1665, i. ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 181 ; Cat. of Plants, 

 Koishikawa Bot. Gard. 92 ; Nippon Chumoku-shi riyaku, 17 ; Le 

 Japon a I'Exposition Univ. 110, 18 ; Gord. Pinet. 16 ; Veitch, 

 Man. Conif. 77 ; I. Pein, Japan, ii. 280, 24. Pinus polita, Ant. 

 Conif. 95, t. 36 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 121 ; Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 

 417 ; Abies Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 275. Ahies Torano, Sieb. Syn. PI. 

 Occ. 58 ; Yerhandlungen van het Batav. Genotsch. xii. 12 ; Koch, 

 Dendr. ii. 233, 19. A. Thunhergii, Lamb. A. Smithiana, Gord. 

 Pinet. ; Hoopes, Evergreens. Ficea Smithiana, Lamb. Engl, and 

 Prantl, ii. 1. P. Khutroiu, Carr.Willk. Forstl. Fl. 95. Abies Khutrow, 

 Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1032, f. 1931 ; Henk. and Hochst. 199 ; 

 Mayr, Monogr. Abiet. Jap. 1890, 46, 3, f. 7. 



Dr. Mayr, who has collected the above notes on its literature, 

 says : "It is a question if it was not the hicolor Spruces instead 

 of the polita that caused the five last-named authors to believe 

 that the Himalayan Spruce was distril^uted in Central Japan ; but 

 with the sparingly given notes in the works cited it is impossible 

 to decide this question.' 'The last five synonyms therefore seem 

 unnecessary. 



Habitat. — Corea and Japan. Dr. Mayr says that in almost all 

 botanical works the habitat given is wrong. It is not to be found in 

 Japan further north than 38°. It is at home neither on Eso nor on 

 the Kuriles. It is always isolated, mixed with leaf-trees, and it 

 forms no groups or forests of itself. It is rare over the whole of 

 Japan, of no great value as a forest tree, and is, so to say, not in use. 



