abies's Usage Examples:

A magnificent conifer, the A tlantic pinsapo (Abies Pinsapo), is found on the heights round Bougie.

Cerris and the hop-hornbeam (Ostrya); of the second class the rare Cilician silver fir (Abies cilicica) may be noticed.

It may here be remarked that the name "European frankincense" is applied to Pinus Taeda, and to the resinous exudation ("Burgundy pitch") of the Norwegian spruce firs (Abies excelsa).

The silver fir (Abies sibirica, Pinus pectinata) and the stone-pine (P. Cembra) are quite common; they reach the higher summits, where the last-named is represented by a recumbent species (Cembra pumila).

Some of these are: Jack pine (Pinus Banksiana), Rocky Mountain pine (Pinus flexilis), black pine (Pinus Murrayana), white spruce (Picea alba), black spruce (Picea nigra), Engelman's spruce (Picea Engelmanni), mountain balsam (Abies subalpina), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga Douglasii), mountain larch (Larix Lyallis).

This tree appears to have been the true "Abies" of the Latin writers - the "pulcherrima abies" of Virgil.

The Norway spruce seems to have been the "Picea" of Pliny, but is evidently often confused by the Latin writers with their "Abies," the Abies pectinate of modern botanists.

Silver Fir (Abies pectinate).

In the genus Abies, the silver firs, the cones are erect, and their scales drop off when the seed ripens; the leaves spread in distinct rows on each side of the shoot.

Conifers are rare, and the Scotch pine, which is abundant on the sandy plains, takes the place of the Abies.

Synonyms:

Pinaceae, true fir, pine family, genus Abies, gymnosperm genus, family Pinaceae, fir, fir tree,