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CONIFER.E. 



[Pi/lUS. 



Hab. From N. lat. 43**, in N. W. America, to California. First seen at the head-waters of the Mult- 

 Tiomak in 1S23. Douglas.— (i, " Height of Land" in the Rocky Mountains. Drttmmoncf. — The giant of the 

 N. W. American forests, being sometimes 215 feet in height, 57 feet 9 inches, in circumference, at 3 feet 

 from the ground, and 17 feet 5 inches, in circumference, at 34 feet from the ground ; whilst the cones are 

 from 12 to 16 inches in length, and 11 inches in circumference in the thickest part! — A Pine in many re- 

 spects similar to this was found by Mr Drummond in very elevated situations of the Rocky Mountains, 

 near the ** Height of Land" yet there growing 50 and 60 feet high. The leaves are, however, shorter 

 (2 or 3 inches) and more rigid, and the specimens have the closest affinity with those of the European P. 

 Cenibra, No cones of it exist in the collection. 



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6. P. Sabiniana (Dougl. mst.) ; ramulis squarrosis, foliis ternis praelongis pedalibus 

 acutis unicoloribus dorso tereli supra linea acuta elevata margine scabrisj vaginis in adultis 

 brevibus, strobilis subrotundo-ovatis maximis, squamis patentibus laxis latissimis apicibus 

 longe acuminatis incurvis spinescentibus. Lamb, Pin, t 80. 



Hab. N. W. America ; inhabits moist vegetable deposits of New Albion, at a great elevation above the 

 sea. Douglas, Fallatine hills. Dr Gairdner. — A tree from 40-120 feet in height, and 2-12 feet in circum- 

 ference. Cones 9-1 1 inches long, and 5 to 6 inches in diameter. 



7. P, [Abies?) Menziesii (Lamb. Pin. descr, sine Ic) ; foliis acutis planis subtus 

 argenteis undique versis, strobilis cylindraceis, squamis scariosis margine erosis." 



Hab. N. W. America. Menzies (m Herb. Lamb,). 



8. P, (Abies) nobilis (Dougl. mst.); foliis (uncialibus) linearibus falcatis supra linea 



media exarata subtus pallidioribus linea media elevata, strobilis erectis ovato-cylindraceis 



(6-7 uncialibus, 3-unc. lat.), squamis compactis latissimis, bracteolis lato-spathulatis arete 



imbricato-deflexis squamas tegentibus apice erosis cum acumine subulato rigido. Lamb. 

 Pin, descr, cum Ic, 



Hab. N, W, America. Douglas. Brought to Fort Vancouver by the Indians, under the name of Tuck~ 

 iuchy from the Great Falls of the Columbia. 7?r Gairdner. — A beautiful and handsome Spruce, with singu- 

 larly fine cones, of which the scales are entirely concealed by the large reflexed and imbricated bracteoles ' . 

 each tipped with a spine about three lines long. These cones resemble in many respects those of P. Picea, 

 but are much broader, and have much larger and more reflected bracteoles, 



9. P, (Abies) Douglasii (Sabine, mst); foliis anguste linearibus (uncialibus) obtusis 

 supra linea media exarata subtus albidis linea media elevata marginibus reflexis, strobilis 

 erectis ovatis (triuncialibus), squamis paucis laxis latissimis, bracteolis obovato-lanceolatis 

 squaraam superantibus 3-fidis, lacinia media spiniformi lateralibus membranaceis erosis 

 longiori. (Tab. CLXXXIII.) ■ 



Hab. N. W. America, a common timber. Douglas. Dr Gairdner. — The cones of this are very unlike 

 those of any other species, scarcely three inches long, composed of few (about 30) large broad lax scales, and 

 each subtended by a bracteole longer than the scale, deeply trifid at the apex, the two lateral lacini® acumi- 

 nated and toothed or erose on their outer edge, the middle longer than these, and constituting a straight 

 rigid spme, about a quarter of an inch long. Mr Douglas observes, that the principal part of the gloomy 

 forests of N. W. America, in the vallies of the Rocky Mountains, and throughout the interior skirting those 



