CHAP. CXTII. 



goni'fer^. pi^nus. 



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received from China in 1829, which is now 16 ft. high, tolerably hardy, 

 and a very handsome plant. Mr. Lambert's figure is taken from a Chinese 

 drawing in the possession of the Horticultural Society, which may be the 

 reason why in his specific character he has described the leaves as two 

 in a sheath : in Mr. Wells's plant, the number in a sheath is for the 

 most part three. 



i 27. P. insi'gnis Doug. The remarkable Pine. 



Identification. Douglas's specimens in the Horticultural Society's herbarium. 



Engravings. Our fig 2172., to our usual scale, and fig. 2171. of the natural size, both from Douglas's 



specimens in the Horticultural Society's herbarium ; aadfig. 2170., from the side shoot of a young 



tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves three, and occasionally four, in a sheath ; 

 much twisted, varying greatly in length, longer than the cones, 

 of a deep grass green, and very numerous. Cones ovate, pointed, 

 with the scales tuberculate. Buds (see^g. 2170.), of the side shoots 

 of young plants, from i in. to \ in. long, and from \ in. to iin. broad, 

 brown, and apparently without resin ; on the leading shoots a 2170 

 2171 gi,^^ /j\ ^<;^ great deal larger, and resem- 



bling in form, and almost in 

 size, those of P. Sabini- 

 (inn. Leaves, in Douglas's 

 specimen, from 3 in. to4iin. 

 long; on the plant in the 



Horticultural Society's Gar- 

 den, from 5 in. to 7 in. long. 

 This pine is well named 

 insignis; its general ap- 

 pearance being indeed re- 

 markable, and totally diiFer- 

 ent from that of every other species that has yet been introduced. The 

 leaves are of a deep grass green, thickly set on the branches, twisted in every 

 direction, and of different lengths. The plant seems of vigorous growth, 

 and as hardy as any of the Californian pines. It was sent home by 

 Douglas in 18.33; and the plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 



