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feet, leaves one fourth to one inch long, but all 
one twentieth wide. — Oddleaj Fir . 
3. A. aromatica Raf. 1832. Branches bul- 
late balsamiferous, leaves densely scattered 
forming 3 rows, sessile lanceolate obtuse, flexi- 
ble sulcate and shining above, gibbose beneath. 
■ — In Oregon, reaching 100 feet, blisters on the 
branches filled with a fine aromatic balsam, 
leaves very small one eighth of an inch long, 
one sixteenth wide. Aromatic Fir , 
4. A. microphyla Raf. 1832. Bark rimose, 
branches not bullate, leaves densely scattered 
forming 3 rows, sessile acute sublanceolate. — * 
In Oregon, reaching 150 feet high, like the last, 
but yielding no balsam, leaves still more min- 
ute. only one-twelfth of an inch long, one 24th 
wide, wood white and tough. Scaly Fir . 
5. A. mucronata Raf. 1832. Bark scaly, 
branches virgate, leaves scattered very narrow, 
rigid and oblique, sulcate above, pale beneath: 
cones ovate acute, scales rounded nervose mucro- 
nate. — In Oregon, reaching 150 feet, leaves sub- 
balsamic, one inch long, one 20th wide, cones 
very large two 1-2 inches long. Large cone Fir . 
Var. palustris. Only 30 feet high, branch- 
es spreading. In swamps. 
6. A. falcata Raf. 1832. Bark scaly, 
leaves in 3 rows, 2 rows upright, one row de- 
cimate falcate, all linear lanceolate with tri- 
gone petiols: cones fusiform obtuse at both 
ends. — On the sea shore of Oregon, rising only 
35 feet, leaves three 4ths of an inch long, one 
5th wide. Sickle Fir . 
Of the Atlantic Firs we have 7 or 8 species, 
all called Pinus ! 
7. A. taxifolia Raf. Pinus , Lambert and 
Eatom Yew leaf Fir . 
