228 PINUS ; OR 



The Japanese call it ' Wumi-matsu' (Sea-Coast Pine), and the 

 Chinese name it ' Hai-sung-tse/ which also means Maritime 

 Pine. 



It is quite hardy. 



No. 12. PiNUs Lambebtiana, Dovglas, Lambert's Pine. 



Leaves, in fives, four inches and a half long, rather stiff, of a 

 dull, but not shining green colour, rather rough at the edges, 

 and slightly glaucous when young. Sheaths, very short, or 

 nearly wanting in the old leaves. Branches, in whorls, nume- 

 rous, and rather pendulous towards the extremities, and densely 

 clothed with foliage. Cones, very large, from twelve to sixteen 

 inches long, and four inches in diameter ; deep brown, cylin- 

 drical, tapering to the point, mostly straight, and destitute of 

 resinous matter ; pendulous when full grown, although nearly 

 erect when young. Scales, roundish on the upper part, rather 

 flat, neither elevated nor projecting, and only loosely pressed on 

 each other, nearly one inch and a half broad in the larger ones, 

 which is near the middle of the cone, but much smaller in those 

 near the extremities ; those near the base being rather open, in- 

 curved, and more pointed. Seeds, large, oval, seven-eighths of 

 an inch long, and with the wing one inch and three quarters 

 long, and dark brown; they require two years to ripen, are 

 very pleasant to taste, and are used for food by the Indians, as 

 well as the resin, which is freely produced by the tree when 

 wounded ; roasted as a substitute for sugar. 



A gigantic tree, growing from 150 to 200 feet high, and 

 from twenty to sixty feet in girth near the ground, with a 

 straight stem 100 feet clear of branches, and an open pyramidal 

 head. 



It is found extending over a large tract of country, but in- 

 termixed with other Firs, in the northern parts of California, 

 and in North-west America, at a distance of 100 miles from the 

 sea, attaining its greatest diameter when growing in pure sand. 



Timber, white and soft. 



It is quite hardy. 



