Lxxvii. coni'fer^ : pi'nus. 



985 



long, and nearly a in. broad ; shell thick, hard, brown ; wing yellow, short, 

 stifli and half the length of tiie seed, which it nearly encompasses ; kernel 

 pleasant to the taste. Cotyledons from 7 to 12. The tree does not attain 

 quite so large a size as the other gigantic species of the genus which inhabit 

 the northern and western parts of North America. The largest and most 

 handsome trees inhabit the aqueous vegetable deposits on the western flank of 

 the Cordilleras of New Albion, at a great elevation above the level of the sea, 

 and 1600 ft. below the verge of perpetual snow, in the parallel of 40 N. lat. 

 This species is quite hardy in British gardens, having passed the winter of 

 lS.37-8 uninjured. 



t 24. P. (S.) Cou'lter/ D. Don. Coulter's, or the great hooked, Pine. 



Identification. Don in Lin. Trans., 17. p. 440. ; Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 83. ; Pin. Wob., p. 67. 



Synonymes. ? P. Sabmidna rar. Hort. ; ? P. macrocarpa Lindl. MS. Dr. Lindley finds, upon 

 comparing Mr Lambert's specimens of P. Coulteri' with those of P. macrocarpa, that the identity 

 of the two alleged species is by no means certain ; and that " in reality they are probably different." 

 (Boe. Reg., 1840, il. R., No. 133.) The difference in the cones noticed by Dr. Lindley in the 

 passage referred to may, in our opinion, exist without the two kinds being specifically different ; 

 but, be that as it may, having no positive evidence before us from which to decide, we deem it 

 better to retaia the synonymes as in our first edition, but placing before them the expression of 

 doubt. Young plants were raised at Kew in 1840, from seeds taken from a cone which is supposed 

 to be the true P. Coulter?, for which reason we have indicated it below as a varietv. 



En/^ravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 83. ; Pin. Wob., t. 25. and 26. ; our/ig. 1841. from Lambert,^. 183.5. 

 from the dried cone in the Horticultural Society's herbarium, and Jigs. 1839. and 1840. from the 

 young plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves in threes, very long, compressed ; sheaths 

 ragged. Cones oblong, solitary, very large ; scales wedge-shaped, 

 with the apex elongated, thickened, lanceolate, mucronate, com- 

 pressed, hooked. {D.Don.') Buds, on the tree in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden (see fig. 1839.), 1 in. long, and from fin. 

 to f in. broad ; conical, pointed, convex on the sides, imbricated ; 

 the scales of the buds adpressed, brown, and not covered with 

 resin. Leaves of the young plants 9 in. long, and of the dried 

 specimens in the herbarium of the Horticultural Society upwards 

 of 10 in. long ; of the same glaucous hue as those of P. Sabin- 

 idna, but not turned downwards at any stage of their growth. , . ^ 

 Cones (see fig. 1841., to our usual scale) sent home by Douglas \ \ ^4 

 1 ft. in length, and 6 in. in breadth ; scales of the cones 3 in. 1339. 

 long, and from I^ in. to Hin. broad. Scales (see fig. 1835. 

 c) from 34 in. to 4 in. long, and from ]|in. to If in. broad ; in ^g. 1841., 

 at a, a front view of the hook of 

 the scale is given, of the natural 

 size. Seed (see fig. 1835. ) brown, 

 flattish, from ^ in. to i in. in length, 

 and I in. in breadth, without the 

 wing ; with the wing 1 in. in length : 

 wing stiff", light brown, and nearly 

 encompassing the seed. Cotyle- 

 dons, ?. The seed of P. Sah'midna 

 is much larger than that of P. 

 Coulter/, as shown at a and b in fig. 

 1835. Shoots of the current year 

 covered with a violet-coloured glau- 

 cous bloom, like those of P. inops, 

 but darker. A large tree. California, 

 on the mountains of Santa Lucia in 

 lat. 36, at an elevation of 3000 ft. to 

 4000 ft. above the level of the sea. 

 Height 80 ft. to 100 ft. Introd. 1832. 

 It has not yet flowered in England. 



Varieti/. 



f P. (S.) C.2 vera. See the 

 synonymes above. 



1840. P (S.) Codlteri. 



