Illustrations of Conifers. 79 



PSEUDOTSUGA MACROCARPA (Mayr). 



Veitch's Man. Canif. ed. 2, p. 478 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV. p. 812 (1909). 



A tree attaining in California a height of 50 to 80 feet with a girth of 

 9 to 12 feet. It differs from Pseudotsuga Douglasii in the following 

 characters. Branchlets covered with a short stiff white pubescence. 

 Leaves to 1 inch long, resembling those of P. Douglasii, except 

 that they are distinctly curved. Cones large, 4 to 7 inches long ; 

 scales U to 2 inches wide, thick, very concave, puberulous on the 

 outer surface ; bracts only slightly exserted, short, narrow, with broad 

 midribs produced into short flattened flexible tips. Seeds J- inch 

 long, dark brown or nearly black and shining above, pale brown 

 below ; wing h inch long. 



Pseudotsuga macrocarpa is a characteristic feature of the scanty 

 forests covering the lower slopes of the mountains of Southern 

 California at 3,000 to 5,000 feet elevation. It was discovered in 

 1858 ; but was unknown in cultivation in Europe until seedlings were 

 raised at Bayfordbury in 1910. 



The illustration represents a native specimen from Ballard, 

 Santa Barbara, California, collected by Mr. Edgar B. Davidson and 

 forwarded by Miss Alice Eastwood. 



