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on the mountains of Northern California, and probably only a 

 stunted form of Pinus muricata. 



No. 4. Pinus Brtjtta, Tenor e, the Calabrian Cluster Pine. 



Syn. Pinus conglomerata, Grceffer. 

 pyrenaica, Parlatore, not Loudon, or Cook. 

 Loiseleuriana, Garriere. 

 Halepensis rotundata, Garriere. 

 turbinata, Bosc. 



Leaves in twos, rarely in threes, from six to eight inches 

 long, very slender, and wavy, glabrous, spreading, channelled 

 above and convex below, serrulated on the margins, with a 

 sharp point, and of a bright green colour. Sheaths half an 

 inch long, of an ash colour, quite entire, and not falling off. 

 Buds three quarters of an inch long, pointed, woolly, and free 

 from resinous matter. Cones stalkless, generally in clusters, 

 but sometimes singly on young trees, ovate, and smooth, two 

 or three inches long, and flattened at the base, of a deep brown 

 colour, and remaining on the tree for years. Scales depressed, 

 umbilicate, and slightly concave at the apex. 



A tall tree, seventy feet high, with many large spreading 

 branches, thickly set with bright green foliage. 



It is found growing, according to Professor Tenore, in Cala- 

 bria, on the mountain of Aspero, at an elevation of from 2400 

 to 2600 feet, and resembles P. Halepensis, but is easily distin- 

 guished from that species in its cones being stalkless, and in 

 clusters, and in the leaves being nearly double the length. 



It yields excellent timber, according to Lambert. 



It is quite hardy. 



No. 5. Pinus contorta, Douglas, the Twisted-branched Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus M'Intoshiana, Laivson. 

 Boursieri, Garriere. 



Leaves in twos, but sometimes in threes on the young plants, 

 two inches long, stout, sharp-pointed, and closely placed on the 

 shoots, rounded on the outer part, and concave or channelled 



