212 PINUS ; OR 



length ; sheatlis, short, smooth, and not more than half an inch 

 long on the young leaves, bat very much shorter on the older 

 ones, and only partially persistent. Seed-leaves, on the young 

 plants from seven to eight in number, rather slender, and not very 

 long. Branches, not very stout, rather numerous, and irregular, 

 with a roughish bark ; buds, below the middle size, imbricated, 

 and not very resinous or pointed. Cones, mostly in clusters of 

 four, but sometimes solitary or in pairs, and only produced on 

 the main stems ; of a long, conical shape, five inches in lengthy 

 and two broad, the outer surface curved, the inner straight, 

 widest near the base, and gradually tapering to the point, quite 

 sessile, and uneven-sided at the base, very hard, of a light- 

 brown colour, or silvery-grey when old, very glossy, and full 

 of resinous matter ; they stand off at nearly right angles when 

 old, although rather pendulous when young, and remain on the 

 trees for years, without even opening or shedding their seeds. 

 Scales, largest and most developed at the external base, and 

 down three parts of the outer side of the cone, deeply divided, 

 much elevated, horizontal, and rather conical, particularly those 

 near the base, the longest of which is three-eighths of an inch, 

 terminated by a strong, sharp prickle ; but as they approach 

 towards the point of the cone, they become much less elevated, 

 more quadrangular, and blunter pointed : the scales on the 

 inner side of the cone and round the point are very much 

 smaller, and quite flat, with a small, dark-brown prickle in 

 their centre ; each cone contains fifteen or sixteen rows of scales, 

 within each of which are two very small seeds, with wings 

 three-quarters of an inch in length. 



This Pine was first discovered by Dr. Coulter, to the south 

 of Monterey, near the level of the sea, and growing almost close 

 to the beach, intermixed with Pinus radiata. Mr. Hartweg 

 found it growing on the Santa Cruz Mountains, sixty miles to 

 the north of Monterey by land. It is a tree of slow growth, 

 and seldom attains more than thirty feet in height, with a trunk 

 eight or ten inches in diameter. Mr. Jeffrey found it at an 

 elevation of 5,000 feet, with the cones adhering to the tree ; in 

 several instances with twenty whorls of cones on the trunk, the 



