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a straight stem feathered to the ground with branches. Ho 

 says it affords excellent timber, which is very tough, and admi- 

 rably adapted for boat building, for which purpose it is much 

 used at Monterey. Mr. Hartweg met with it on the descent 

 towards the sea on the mountains of San Antonio, sixty leagues 

 south of Monterey, forming a small wood, extending along the 

 beach, where the deep grass-green of its foliage formed a great 

 contrast with the parched- up vegetation around it at the time. 

 It is hardy, and well adapted for planting near the sea coast* 



No. 43. PiNUS RiGiDA, Miller, the Stiff-leaved Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Taeda rigida, Alton. 

 „ „ Fraseri, Loddiges. 

 „ „ Canadensis trifolia, Du Hamel. 

 „ „ Loddigesii, Loudon. 



Leaves, in threes, from three to four inches and a half long, 

 stiff, rather broad, and sharp-pointed, light green, and spread- 

 ing ; sheaths, short, three-eighths of an inch long, and white on 

 the young leaves, but afterwards becoming nearly black and 

 shrivelled. Branches, very numerous on the upper part of the 

 tree, and compact. Cones, ovate-oblong, from two and a half 

 to three inches and a half long, and one inch and a half broad, 

 on short, stout footstalks, in clusters of four or five round the top 

 branches, and remaining on the tree for years. Scales, four-sided, 

 half an inch broad, elevated into a compressed pyramid, termi- 

 nating with an acute prickle, slightly recurved, and pointing 

 outwards. Seeds, very small, with rather a narrow wing, three- 

 quarters of an inch long. 



A tree growing from seventy to eighty feet high, in favour- 

 able situations, with a clean stem and dense top, found abun- 

 dantly throughout the whole of the United States, with the 

 exception of the maritime parts of the Atlantic districts and the 

 fertile regions west of the Alleghany Mountains. It is found 

 on the plains from New England to Virginia, growing either 

 in dry soil, or in wet, low grounds. Its most northern point 

 is in the vicinity of Brunswick, in the district of Maine. 



