19fi7. l». telisiò^a,
to 6 ft. in diameter. Introduced in 1839, bj’ seeds sent to the Horticultural
Society by Hartweg.
Easily recognised from every other species of silver fir by the shortness of
its cones, which, in form and structure, bear a marked resemblance to those
of the cedar of Lebanon, although they are considerably smaller. From the
elevated situation on which the tree grows, there can be little doubt of its
proving perfectly hardy in Britam.
.? 13. P. h t r t e ' l i . a . The hairy Pine.
This species, which is the ^I'bies hirtélla Lindl. in Penn. Cyc. No. 11 ., Pinus
hirtélla Hvmb. et Kunth 1. c.. has the young branches covered with hairs.
Leaves arranged in 2 rows, flat, acute, glaucous beneath : about IJin. long.
Flowers and cones unknown. Found on the mountains of Mexico, at an elevation
of 8000 or 9000 feet. A low tree, from 18 ft. to 20 ft. high; not yet
introduced.
E. Natives qf Nejial.
1 U. P. Webb’s Silver Fir.
Sunonvmrs. P inus Webbiu«« Wall, in L itt., Lamb. P in . ed. 2. 2. t. 44. ; P . spectàbilis Lamb.
Monog. 2. p. 3. t, 2. ; A'bies Webb/dna Lindl. in Penn. Cyc. No. 7., Royle Illust. ; Chilrow, and
th e Oonum, or purple-coned fir, m
• - Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 44. ; Monog., 2. t. 2. ; and our/g.s-. 1968. and 1969.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves 2-rowed, linear, flat, obtusely emarginate, silvery
beneath. Cones cylindrical ; scales kidney-shaped, roundish; bracteoles
oblong, apiculate. {D. Don.) Buds round, pointless, thickly covered with
a yellow resin, by which alone the tree may be readily distinguished from
t in. to 7 in. long, and above
ei'v otber every ssppeecciieess ootf rPflicceeaa.. Cones from 6 J i ”
2 in. broad. Leaves of young
plants, in tlie Horticultural
Society’s Garden, from 1J in.
to2iin.!ong. Scale above 1 in.
long, and IJ in. broad. Seeds,
with the wing, f in. long;
wing fin. broad in the widest
part. Seeds fg in. long, and
-,%in. broad. In general they
are smaller, but longer, and
with a sharper point, than
those of the common silver
fir; ancl, like the seeds of the
common silver fir, they are
of a brownish purple colour.
196S. P. Weblii
Cotyledons,?. A large, lumd-
some, pyramidal tree. Nepal,
on the Alps of Oossainthan.
Height 80 ft. to 90 ft., with a
trunk from 3 ft. to 4 ft. in
diameter near the base. Introduced
in 1822. Cones
purple, in one or two instances
produced in England.
Branches numerous, spreading
horizontally, much divided ;
densely clothed with leaves disposed
in whorls ; covered with
a pale, ash-coloured, rough,
scaly bark ; bent upwards at i960. P. M'cbbtátti.