of the Genus Pinus. 749 



The first year the cone measures from 6 to 8 inches round, 

 and is of a more rounded form than when perfect in November 

 of the following year. The colour of the young cone is bright 

 green. The specific character may be thus framed : 



P. Sabinfana. Foliis ternis (rar6 quaternis quinisve) prae- 

 longis, strobilis recurvis ovatis : squamis spathulatis : acu- 

 mine incurve. 



The active and enlightened zeal which Joseph Sabine, Esq. 

 has ever taken, as Secretary of the Horticultural Society, for the 

 introduction of new, choice and useful plants, more especially 

 of those natives of countries of similar temperatures as En- 

 gland, induces me to affix his name to one of the most beau- 

 tiful objects in nature, and which I hope will shortly become 

 one of the greatest ornaments in the British Sylva. 



Mission of St. John's, Upper California, 

 February 4, 1831. 



fel. 



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