216 CONIFERS COLLECTED IN UPPER CALIFORNIA. 



convex, widest at the base, bluntly conical, slightly angular, and 

 terminated by a blunt point ; the scales on the inner side of 

 tlie cone and for four or five rows round the point are very 

 much smaller, quadrangular, slightly elevated, with their points 

 quite flat or slightly depressed. p]ach cone contains from four- 

 teen to sixteen rows of scales, within each of wliich are two 

 small nearly black seeds, with a very rough shell and wings 1 

 inch long and 2 of an inch broad. 



This beautiful pine resembles Tinus insignis in some respects, 

 but differs very mucli in foliage and cones ; the leaves of P. 

 insignis are longer and stouter than those of Pinus radiata on 

 the wild .specimens, while the cones of P. radiata are nearly three 

 times the size of those of P. insignis, with the scales very much 

 more elevated. It was first discovered by the late Dr. Coulter 

 in Upper California, in lat. 36°, near the level of the sea, and 

 almost close to the beach, growing singly, and attaining the 

 height of 100 feet, with a straight stem feathered to the ground 

 with branches. He saj^s it aflfbrds excellent timber, which is 

 very tough and admirably adapted for boat building, for wliich 

 purpose it is much used at Monterey. Mr. Hartweg met with 

 it on the descent towards the sea on the mountains of San 

 Antonio, 60 leagues south of Monterey, forming a small wood 

 extending along the beach, where the dark grass green of its 

 foliage formed a great contrast with the parched up vegetation 

 around it at the time. 



It will be as hardy as Pinus insignis, and well adapted for 

 planting near the sea coast. 



No. 3. Pinus muricata. D. Don, in the Linnean Transac- 

 tions, vol. xvii. p. 441. Lamherfs Pinus, vol. iii. t. 84. 

 Syn. Pinus Edgariana, Hartweg, in Journal of the Hort, 

 Soc, vol. iii. p. 217. 



Leaves in twos, not very thickly .set on the branches, from 3^ 

 to 4 inches in length on the wild specimens, very stiff, rather 

 broad, blunt pointed, hollow on the iinier side, round on the 

 outer, and of a dull green colour. Sheaths very short, smooth, 

 not more than h an inch in length on the young leaves, and only 

 slightly persistent on the older ones. Seed-leaves on the young 

 plants in fives and rather short. Branches not very numerous, 

 but tolerably stout. Buds below the middle size, imbricated, 

 much pointed, and destitute of resinous matter. Cones in 

 clusters of from four to seven, reddish brown when young, but 

 changing to a gray or ash colour when old, pendulous and 

 nearly straight or very slightly incurved on the side next the 

 branch, 3 inches in length and 1^ inch broad near the base, 



