PICEA CEPHALONICA.
IDENTIFICATION. PIN LIS CEPHALONICA, Endlichcr, Cat. Hort. Vindob., i. p. 218 (1842); Antoine, Com/., p. 71 (1840-46); Lawson,
Abietinea, p. 1 1 (1851).
ABIES CEPHALONICA, Loudon, Arboretum, iv. p. 2325 (1838); Forbes, Pinet. Woburn., p. 119 (1839); Link, in
Linnaa, xv. p. 529 (1S41); Endlicher, Syn. Coni/., p. 98 (1847); Lindley and Gordon in Journ. Hort. Soc., v. p. 210
(1850); Carrière, Traité Gén. des Coni/., p. 211 (1855).
ABIES LUSCOMBEANA (Hort.), Loudon (loc. cit.)
ABIES TAXIFOLIA (Hort.), Loudon (loc. cit.) -, Lawson, Agric. Manual, p. 377 (1836).
PICEA CEPHALONICA, Loudon, Encyel. 0/ Trees, p. 1031(1842); Knight, Syn. Coni/., p. 38(1850); Gordon, Pinetum,
p. 146 (1858).
'EAATOS KOTKOTNAl'IA of the Greeks and Cephalonians.
ENGRAVINGS.—Cones and Leaves.—Loudon, Arboretum, iv., figs. 2235 and 2236; Forbes, Phut. Woburn., t.
1940 to 1946; Antoine, Coni/., t. 27, fig. 1.
VAR.—PICEA PANACHAICA, Heldreich, 7RAMXACKO.
; Loudon, Encycl. 0/ Trees, figs.
Specific Characler.—A foliis fub-diftichis linearibus planis acuminatis pungentibus apice ftyliformibus
fupra faturate atro-viridibus fubtus argenteis, ftrobilis eredis cylindricis fufiformibus, bradeis exfertis inequaliter
uni-dentatis lineari fpathulatis cufpidatis reflexis, fquamis e bafi cuneata rotundato-dilatatis.
Habitat in Gracia et in Monte Negro (olim M. Enos), Cephalonia;, alt. 4000—5000.
A tree 60 feet in height, fpreading out broadly when aged. Branches verticillate, growing fomewhat
upwards in young individuals, more horizontal or dependent as they advance in years. Bark of young
branches fmooth and grey. Phyllube round or oblong [fig. 1]; no pulvini; the fears
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the phyllulae nearly (traight.
furrounding the central bud.
the branch on all fides, flat,
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Details of Picea Cephaloniea.
Buds ft iff, fhort, pointed, and covered with a gloffy refin, five, fix, or feven
Leaves for the mod part diftichal and alternate, occafionally fcattered round
lagger-(haped, (harp-pointed, the point not bevelled off from behind [fig. 2];
A petiolate