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P. Coulteri.j — Found in the lower eastern slope of the Coast Range. Not 

 very large ; sometimes attains a height of 75 feet ; knotty, but ornamental. It 

 is remarkable for having the largest cone of all the pines, and specimens of its 

 cone, when first known, brought five guineas in England. 



P. Sabiniana.j — This is the nut pine of the foothills, sometimes called the 

 " scrub pine," or "silver pine." The Digger Indians gather the nuts from its 

 cone as a favorite article of food. It is found on the foothills of both Coast 

 Ranges and Sierra Nevada. . 



Mr. Bolander mentioned several species in the group of coast pines which 

 he had not seen, viz : P. Llaveana, east of San Diego ; P. deflexa, on the sum- 

 mit of the California Mountains ; P. Torreyana,* near San Diego. 



P. monticola.% — A tall tree and affording fine timber ; said to be hardier than 

 the sugar pine, and might be preferred if its position near the summit did not 

 make it difficult of access. 



P..flexilis.% — This grows on windy heights in the form of a low shrub, so 

 stout and thick that a man can stand on its top. In low altitudes it reaches a 

 height of a hundred feet. It is useful only for firewood. 



P. monophylla. — This is a stunted, twisted tree, which grows on the eastern 

 slope of the Sierra, where it corresponds to the nut-pine on the western slope. 

 At a distance it resembles in shape the live oak. Its cone is ill shapen and 

 has an offensive odor, but yields a sweet nut. 



P. Balfouriana. — This species is found near Scott's Valley, in Northern 

 California. 



Five species in the above list — insignis, muricata, Llaveana, deflexa and 

 Torreyana — are peculiar to the sea coast. Five species — the contorta, ponde- 

 rosa, Lambertiana, Sobiniana, tuberculoid -are found both in the Coast Ranges 

 and Sierra Nevada. The Coulteri is found only in the Coast Range, eastern 

 slope; the monticola only high in the Sierra; the flex ills only on the upper 

 Sierra and western slope of the same ; and the monophylla only on the eastern 

 slope. 



Regular Meeting, February 4th, 1867. 

 President in the Chair. 



Twenty-eight members' present. 



Messrs. Joseph P. LeCount, C. Von Liebenan, Amoiy F. Bell, 

 W. C. Walker, George H. Powers, Thomas Bennett, M.D., 

 L. Gilson, Delos J. Howe, R. S. Williamson, U. S. Engineers, 

 R. D'Heureuse, Rev. John F. Harrington, H. C. Hyde, G. B. 

 Hitchcock and Jacob Bacon were elected Resident Members. 



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