CHAP. CXIIl. 



coni'fkr.^. pPnus. 



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This tree was discovered by Dr. Coulter, in what year is not stated ; but, if 

 we are correct (and Professor Don thinks we are) in considering it the same 

 as P. Sabinianrt var., seeds and specimens were sent home by Douglas in 1832, 

 though unaccompanied by any description or historical particulars ; his papers, 

 which he had despatched by another ship, having been lost. Dr. Coulter 

 found it on the mountains of Santa Lucia, near the mission of San Antonio, 

 in lat. 36 °, within sight of the sea, and at an elevation of from 3000 ft. to 

 4000 ft. above its level. It was growing intermixed with P. Lambertiawa, 

 and rising to the height of from 80 ft. to 100 ft., with large, permanent, 

 spreading branches, and a trunk 3 ft. or 4 ft. in diameter. Its leaves are 

 broader than those of any other pine ; and the cones, which grow singly, are 

 the largest of all, being often more than 1 ft. long, and 6 in. in diameter, and 

 weighing about 4 lb. The spinous processes of the scales of the cone are 

 very strong, hooked, and compressed, 3 in. or 4 in. in length, and about the 

 thickness of one's finger; characters which essentially distinguish it from P. 

 Sabini«««. (Don in Linn. Trans.) At the suggestion of Mr. Lambert, Pro- 

 fessor Don named this species after Dr. Coulter (who appears to have dis- 

 covered it about the same time as Douglas), '* who is no less distinguished for 

 his scientific acquirements, than for the excellent qualities of his mind." 

 Cones and specimens were sent liome by Douglas in 1832, and plants were 

 raised from the seed in the following year; one of these in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, of which ft;,. 2\Vi. is a portrait, was, in September, 1837, 



