P. excelsa (Lam.) Link. Pile el 
Fumus Abzes L. Sp: Fl. 1002.47.53. 
Perexceisa Lani. ile Ets 2202. 1778. 
Picea excelsa Link, Linnea 15: 517. 1841. 
This handsome spruce, native of Northern and Centr. 
Europe is found extensively in cultivation: it is readily 
recognized by its symmetrical, pyramidal outline, its 
long pendulous branchlets and its ro-15 cm. long cones. 
3. ABIES Plinius. 
The name Abies appears to be the classic name for 
Abies pectinata DC. (Pinus Picea l.). Plinius re- 
Jers his Abies to the‘ Edarn’ of Theophrastus. 
Forest trees (shrubs at high elevations) with straight, 
,excurrent trunks. Leaves alternate, linear, flat or tetra- 
gonal, short-stalked. Flowers naked, moncecious: the 
staminate axillary : the pistillate (on the upper branches) 
composed of numerous imbricated, deciduous scales, sub- 
tended by bracts. Ovules 2 in the axil of each scale. 
Fruit an erect cone, maturing the first year. Seed nut- 
like, winged. 
* Bracts shorter than the cone scales. 
1. A. Balsamea (L.) Miller. 
Linus patsamed lL. sp. Pl, 1002, 1753. 
Abies Balsamea Miller, Dit. ed. 8. Sargent, 
Silva a2; 107. t010,;, Man. 53. 
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