P. excelsa (Lam.) Link. Pla 
Finus Abzes 1. Sp. Pl..1002. 1753. 
Pm CNCEISE TA EN, M2202. 217 7 Os 
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 10-15 cm, long cones. 
3. ABIES Plinius. 
The name Abies appears to be the classic name for 
Abies pectinata DC. (Pinus Picea .). Plintus re- 
Jers his Abies to the’ Exar” of Theophrastus. 
Forest trees (shrubs at high elevations) with straight, 
excurrent trunks. Leaves alternate, linear, flat or tetra- 
gonal, short-stalked. Flowers naked, monecious: 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. 
Pinus Balsamea L. Sp. Pl. 1002. 1753. 
Abies Balsamea Miller, Di&. ed. 8. Sargent, 
Silva 12: 107. t. 610; Man. 58. a 
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