Protologue Description: ABIES BALSAMEA (L.) Mill. var. phanerolepis, n. var., strobilis subcylindraceis; laminis ovuliferis maturis suborbicularibus vel reniformibus 8-13mm. longis; laminis membranaceis 8-13mm. longis, cuspide patenti exserta.
Strobils subcylindric: mature laminas of the ovuliferous scales suborbicular or reniform, 8-13mm. long; of the membranaceous bracts 8-13mm. long, with a spreading and exserted awn; otherwise as in the typical form of the species. - QUEBEC, slopes of Percé Mt., Percé, Gaspé County, August 3, 1907 (Fernald & Collins, no. 860): NEWFOUNLAND, cool damp soil, Channel, July 27-August 1, 1901; damp woods, near Topsail, Conception Bay, August 12-19, 1901 (Howe & Lang nos. 975, 1303): MAINE, Pembroke, July 23, 1909 (Fernald); Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor, September 25 1909 (Miss Mary Deane Dexter) Monhegan Island, September 6, 1090 (Mrs Edwin C. Jenney)