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of eighty feet; the timber is esteemed for ship-build- 
ing. It also yields turpentine in good quantity, though 
of inferior quality. 
Pinus tenuifolia, Benth.—Mexico, at an elevation 
of five thousand feet, forming dense forests ; height 
of tree, one hundred feet ; stem up to five feet in di- 
ameter. 
Pinus Teocote, Cham. and Schlecht. — Okote or 
Torch Pine. Mexico, five to eight thousand feet above 
the sea-level. Tree one hundred feet high, stem three 
to four feet in diameter; the wood is resinous and 
durable. 
Pinus Tsuga, Ant.—In the northern provinces of 
Japan, six to nine thousand feet above the sea. The 
tree gets only twenty-five feet high ; its timber is 
highly esteemed for superior furniture, especialiy by 
turners. 
Pinus Webbiana, Wallich.—King Pine, Dye Pine. 
On the Himalaya Mountains, at an elevation of twelve 
to thirteen thousand feet. A splendid fir, seventy to 
eighty feet high, with a stem diameter of generally 
three to four feet, but sometimes even ten feet. The 
wood is of a white color, soft, coarse-grained, and 
very resinous; the natives extract a splendid violet 
dye from the cones. 
Sciadopitys verticillata, Sieb.—The lofty and curi- 
ous Umbrella Fir of Japan, one hundred and forty 
feet high ; resists severe frosts ; wood white and com- 
pact. 
Sequoia sempervirens, Endl. (Taxodium semper- 
virens, Lamb.) — Redwood or Bastard Cedar of 
N. W. America, chiefly California. A splendid tree, 
three hundred feet high, occasionally with a diameter 
