202 PINUS ; OR 



from three to four pounds each. Scales, wedge-shaped, with 

 the points thickened and drawn out into a strong hook ; those 

 nearest the apex shortest, incurved, and slightly bent, while 

 those below the middle and at the base are elongated, deflexed, 

 and point downwards, two inches long, and one inch and a half 

 broad in the largest ones. Seeds, half an inch long, of a blackish 

 colour, rather flattened, and much smaller than those of P. Sa- 

 biniana, with a broad wing more than an inch long. 



A large tree, with spreading branches, growing from 80 to 100 

 feet high, and three or four feet in diameter, found on the moun- 

 tains of Santa Lucia, near the Mission of San Antonia in Cali- 

 fornia, within sight of the sea, at an elevation of from 3,000 to 

 4,000 feet. It is also plentiful in other parts of California, 

 particularly on the ' Crusta,' an ascent from San Luis Obispo, 

 on the broA^ of the mountain. 



No. 38. Pin us Parryana, Gordon, Mr. Gambier Parry's Pine. 



Leaves, in threes, rather slender, narrow, and wavy, from 

 eight to nine inches long, rounded on the outer side, three- 

 edged, and keeled on the inner faces, very acute-pointed, 

 minutely serrated along the edges, and regularly tapering from 

 the base to the point ; sheaths, rather short, scaly, and when 

 old, very much wrinkled, jagged at the ends, and nearly black. 

 Branches, rather long, horizontal, and much resembling those 

 ofPinus Benthamiana, but slenderer. Cones, in clusters round 

 the branches, a little declining, regularly conical, widest near 

 the base, and tapering to the apex, six inches long, and two 

 inches in diameter at the widest part, sessile, with a crowd of 

 very small scales close to the base. Scales, rhomboid, numerous, 

 glossy, hard, woody, and largest on the widest part of the cones, 

 nearly one inch broad, and half an inch long, but much smaller 

 at both extremities ; slightly elevated across the middle by a 

 transverse, acute keel or ridge, highest in the centre, and ter- 

 minated by a short, straight, sharp point of a dark brown colour. 

 Seeds, below the middle size, almost round, with rather a narrow 

 linear wing, rounded and bifid at the apex, of a greyish colour. 



