ABIES 
PATTON I AN A. 
Identification. —ABIES PATTONIANA, Balfour, in Circular by Ediu. Oreg. Botan. Affoc., p. i (1853); Murray, in Edin. New Phil. Jour. 
p. 291 (April 1855); Murray, in Proc. Hort. Soc., ii. p. 203 (i860). 
ABIES PATTONII, Gordon, Pinetum , p. 10 (1858). 
Engravings. —Cone and Leaves. Balfour, loc. cit.fupra , pi. iv., fig. 2. 
Specific Character. —A. foliis curtis utrinque concoloribus, fupra fine fubtus cum ftomatibus, ftrobilis 
cylindrico-ellipticis utrinque conicis, fquamis concavis utrinque sequalibus dorfo Uriahs, bradteolis minutis 
fubquadratis, feminibus alatis. 
Habitat in Amer. bor. occid., in montibus lie “ Baker’s Mountain,” lat. 44°, et in Oregon in montibus 
lie “ Cafcade Mountains,” lat. 42°. 
Leaves folitary, placed fpirally round the branchlets, not clofe together, fhort, with the margin flightly 
toothed or ferrated towards the point, about one-half to three-fourths of an inch in length, boat-fhaped or 
lenticular in fedlion, dark-green above, curved, not filvery below. Stomata only on the under fide of the 
leaf, normally arranged in five clofe rows, leaving a rather wide outer margin. Buds fmall, conico-ovoid. 
Phyllulae and pulvini nearly as in a/. Hookeriana, but lefs marked. Branchlets pubefcent. Inflorefcence 
not obferved. Cone produced at the points of the branches, upwards of an inch long, cylindrically elliptic, 
tapering at both ends, moft: fo at the top; fcales concave, equal on each fide, ftriated on the back, opaque 
but not tomentofe; feeds winged, the wings ftraight on the back, fomewhat equally rounded off at the top 
and bafe on the other fide, with fmall fubquadrate bradts adhering to the bafe of the back of the fcaleA 
Branches pendulous, bark rough, of a greyifh colour. Timber hard, and fine in the grain. 
Deficription. —Along the lower part of its range it is a noble-looking tree, rifing 'to the height of 
150 feet, and 13I feet in circumference. As it afcends the mountains, it becomes gradually fmaller, until 
at lafi: it dwindles into a fhrub of not more than 4 feet high. 
Geographical Difiribution. —Found by Jeffrey on the Baker range of Mountains, lat. 44° N., and 
Cafcade Mountains, lat. 42° N. Jeffrey ftated that it makes its appearance at the point where what he 
called A. Canadenfis difappears; that is, at an elevation of about 5000 feet above the level of the fea. 
The tree which Jeffrey fuppofed to be Abies Canadenfis was, however, not that tree, but an undefcribed 
fpecies, which has fince been defcribed by Mr Killog in the “ Tranfadlions of the Californian Academy” 
(vol. ii. p. 8) under the name of Abies Bridgei; but, fo far as we know, it has not yet been examined by 
European botanifts, probably from want of fpecimens; a want which will foon be fupplied, as Mr Brown, 
who has lately (1863) been sent out by the same Affociation as Jeffrey, is in the region of the tree, and has 
already written confirming Killog’s view that it is diftindl Of courfe fpecimens and feeds will fhortly 
follow. 
_ Hifiory. 
* Figures of thefe parts are given in the defcription of Abies Edookeriana. 
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