Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . up to 100 ft. high ; young shoots glabrous, brown ; buds reddish,resinous. Leaves densely arranged all round the branchlet (more equallythan in any other fir, but still somewhat more densely above), and standing outstiffly from it at right angles ; they are \ to | in. long, about ^.^ in. broad ; thick,abruptly pointed or blunt at the apex, dark green with numerous faintly definedlines of stomata on both surfaces. Cones cylindric, with a tapered apex, 4 to 5ins. long, about \\ ins. wide, purplish brown ; bract small and completelyenclosed. Native o
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . up to 100 ft. high ; young shoots glabrous, brown ; buds reddish,resinous. Leaves densely arranged all round the branchlet (more equallythan in any other fir, but still somewhat more densely above), and standing outstiffly from it at right angles ; they are \ to | in. long, about ^.^ in. broad ; thick,abruptly pointed or blunt at the apex, dark green with numerous faintly definedlines of stomata on both surfaces. Cones cylindric, with a tapered apex, 4 to 5ins. long, about \\ ins. wide, purplish brown ; bract small and completelyenclosed. Native of S. Spain, on the mountains of Granada ; always on limestone. Itwas discovered in 1837, and introduced to England two years later. Itsucceeds admirably in this country, especially where the soil is of a limynature. It is, perhaps, the most distinct and unmistakable of all the firs,especially in the short, blunt leaves being set about equally all round thebranchlet. A very handsome and striking tree. Van GLAUCA has leaves of a glaucous ,^/i|R
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