208 PINUS; OR 



Timber exceedingly knotty, and full of resin, for which 

 reason it is called in America the * Pitch Pine.' 



No. 44. PiNUs Sabiniana, Douglas, Mr. Sabine's Pine. 



Leaves, in threes, rather slender, from ten to twelve inches 

 long, glaucous-grey in every stage, twisted, and, when fully 

 grown, bent downwards, and drooping during winter, sharp- 

 pointed, angular on the inner side, and rounded on the outer 

 one ; sheaths, one inch and a half long, nearly entire at the top, 

 with numerous rings, and wrinkled when old. Branches, nu- 

 merous, not very robust, covered with a violet bloom when 

 young, and bare of leaves, except near the extremities. Cones, 

 ovate, most developed on the outer side, particularly towards 

 the base, pointing downwards, pressing against the stem, and 

 remaining on the tree for a series of years, from eight to ten 

 inches long, and six inches wide, on footstalks two inches and 

 a half long, and full of resin, particularly towards the base. 

 Scales, spatula-shaped, flat on the inner side, and rounded or 

 slightly angular on the outer one, two inches and a half long, 

 and one inch and a half broad on the larger ones, but much 

 less on the smaller ones towards the base, terminated by a 

 strong, sharp, incurved hook, particularly on the exposed side, 

 and at the base, where some of the points are quite straight, 

 and pointing upwards or towards the top of the tree. Seeds, 

 one inch long, oblong, tapering to the base, and flattened on 

 the inside, with a hard shell, and short, stiff wing, rather more 

 than half an inch long, pleasant to eat, and nearly double the 

 size of those of P. macrocarpa. Seed-leaves from eight to ten 

 in number. 



A beautiful large tree, regularly furnished with branches to 

 the ground, growing from 100 to 150 feet high, and from two 

 to five feet in diameter, on the western Cordilleras of New 

 Albion, at a great elevation, also on the woody heights near 

 Monterey, at El Toro, a high mountain to the east of Monterey, 

 and in various other places in Upper California, but never in 

 masses or forests, but intermixed with other kinds, ripening its 

 seeds in November. 



