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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



by Douglas, 2 in. long, and 

 If in. broad (see Jig. 1838.). 

 Seeds (a in Jig. 1838., and b 

 in Jig. 1835.) above 1 in. long, 

 and nearly i in. broad, much 

 larger than those of P. CouU 

 teri shown at a in ^g. 1835. ; 

 wing very short. Shoots of 

 the current year covered with 

 violet-coloured bloom, like 

 those of P. inops, but darker. 

 A large tree. Upper California. 

 Height 40 to 110 ft., rarely 

 140 ft. Introduced in 1832. 

 Plants have not yet flowered 

 in England. Hort. Soc. 



Douglas describes the leaves 

 as in threes, very rarely in fours ; 

 from 1 1 in. to 14 in. long ; sharp, 

 round, and smooth on the out- 

 side, angular on the inside ; ser- 

 rated, more widely and conspi- 

 cuously so towards the point ; 

 erect, but flaccid and drooping 

 during winter. Sheath li in. 



long, light brown, chaffy, some- issr. p. sabmamz. 



times torn at the top. Stipules 



lanceolate and rigid, Male and female catkins erect. Flowers appearing in 

 February and March. Cones of a bright green when young ; at the end of the 

 first season, measuring from 6 in. to 8 in. round, and being then of a more 

 rounded form than they are when perfect, in the November of the following 

 year (see Jig. 1836.) ; when mature, ovate, recurved, pressing on the shoots 

 for support, in 

 clusters of from 

 3 to 9, surround- 

 ing the stem ; 

 remaining on the 

 tree for a series 

 of years ; and 

 from 9 in. to 

 11 in. long, and 

 from 16 in. to 

 18 in. I'ound ; 

 some, however, 

 are larger. Scales 

 spathulate, 2i in. 

 long, having a 

 very strong, 



sharp, incurved 

 point (see b in 

 fg. 1 838.) with 

 abundance of 

 pellucid resin. 

 Seeds (see a in 

 fg. 1838.) some- 

 wliat oblong, ta- 

 pering to the 

 base ; flattish on 

 the inside, 1 in. i^s. p. sabmii 



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