ABIES PATTON I AN A.
- A B I E S PATTONIANA, Balfour, in Circular by Edit,. Orcg. Solan. Affoc., p. , (1853); Murray, in Edin. New Phil. Jour.
p. 291 (April 1855); Murray, in Proc. Hort. Soc., ii. p. 203 (I860).
ABIES PATTONII, Gordon, Pinctum. p. 10 (1858).
ENGRAVINGS.—Cone and Leaves. Balfour, loc. cit.fupra, pi. iv., fig. 2.
Specific Characlcr.—A. foliis curtis utrinque concoloribus, fupra fine fubtus cum ftomatibus, ftrobilis
cylindrico-ellipticis utrinque conicis, fquamis concavis utrinque jequalibus dorfo ftriatis, bracteolis miniitis
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, (hort, with the margin flightly
toothed or ferrated towards the point, about one-half to three-fourths of an inch in length, boat-fiiaped or
lenticular in fection, dark-green above, curvcd, 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.
Phylluke 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, mod 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 bra6ts adhering to the bafe of the back of the fcale*
Branches pendulous, bark rough, of a greyifli colour. Timber hard, and fine in the grain.
Defcription.—Along the lower part of its range it is a noble-looking tree, rifing to the height of
150 feet, and 13! feet in circumference. As it afcends the mountains, it becomes gradually fmaller, until
at laft it dwindles into a fhrub of not more than 4 feet high.
Geographical DiJlribiition.—YouxA 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 undcfcribed
fpecies, which has fince been defcribed by Mr Killog in the " Tranfatfions 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 diftintf. Of courfe fpecimens and feeds will fliortly
* Figures of thefe parts are given in the defcription of Abies Hookeriana.
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