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24. PINUS PICEA.
S ILVER FIR.
i-iNus p i c e a , foliis solitaries plant's subsecundis, strobilis cylindraceis erectis, bracteolis elongatis,
antherarum crista bicorni.
P. picea, foliis solitariis planis emarginatis pectinatis, sqnamis coni obtusissimis, adpressis. Solancl. MSS
•Ait. Kew. v. 3 . 370. Willden. Bert. Baumn. 217.
B.pkea foliis solitariis emarginatis. Linn. Sp. PI. 1420. Syst. ed. Reich, v. 4 . l 75. Huds.Angl 403
Scop Corn. n.M 93. Scholl. Barb. n. 783. Evel. Sylv. ed. Hunt. 206. Pollich. Pall, n 0 1 4& Trew
in Nov. Act. A.N. C. vol. 3 . app. 4 4 5 . tab. 13. ƒ 20. 44. Mattusch. FI. Sib. 704. Pall FI Ross
I ' l ' l \ s FL Ped■ V- 2- 179' Wmdv- Med- Bot■ »75. *.v. 5. 3 4 5 . V '.liars. Dauph. v. 3. 8Og. 200. Vit in. Sp. Plant,
P. foins solitariis, planis, pectinatis, emarginatis. Hall. Helv. n. 1657.
r ; ; ginatiS’ COni; 0blonSis erectis’ -b™tundis planis basi acuminatis.
Du Km. Ha,bk. ed. Pott. v. 2. 13 3 . Reiter, and. Abel. Abb. t. 0 8 .
Aines alba, foins subtùs argenteis emarginatis, conis erectis. Mill Diet n 1
A. foliis solitariis apiee emarginatis. Linn. Hart. Cliff. 4 4 0 . Roy. Lugdb. 89. ' Gmel. Sib. v. 1 176
A. faxt folio, frnctu sursrnn spectante. Tourne/. Inst. 583. Duhamel. Arb. v. î . 3 . n. 1. t 1
A. corns sursùm spectantibus, sive mas. Bank. Pin. 505.
A. femina 1. Elate telega. Bauh. Hist. v. 1. p. 2. 2 3 1 .
Die Weistanne. Linn. Pfl. Syst. v. 2. 363.
Habitat in alpibus Helvetiæ, Suæviæ, Bavariæ, &c.
FJ. Maio.
d e s c r i p t i o .
^ recta, formosa, cortice albicante, latvi, ramis horizontal*,,. Folia plana, linearia, glaberrinta
subtns glanca. Amenta axil,aria, cylindraeea, obtusai r e c u la semiuncialia, peduncul £ anthem
bas, latiores, crista ,„ferne reniformi, supernè bicorni, tnncronnlis divaricatl
qutntnplo majora bracteolis obeordatis, tnucronatis, squamas longé superantibus S t r o h i g
sesstles, cyltndracet ferè spithammi, bracteolis persistentibus, porltis/undiqne murtat qna£
obtus.ssinns, aptee tntegerrimis, lateribns dentato-ciliatis. 1
,N S e™ ’ Wbe,'e *hlS SpeCIeS 13 Very abnndant, it seems to delight in flat aqueous situations so
much so, that a forest of bilver Firs, as Gmelin states, is considered by the Tartar hordes as a sure
n teat,on of good springs being at hand. It grows to a considerable height, and upright ami has a
handsome appearance. The bark is whitish, and smooth. The W is radter soft, and therefore does
no ast long, ,1 exposed to the open air. The branches shoot horizontally, but are not very numerous,
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