2216 



AKBOUETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PAIIT III. 



are male plants. 

 These and the 

 plants of Mr. 

 Douglas have 

 been carefully 

 compared with 

 European ones 

 found growing 

 on the Junipe- 

 rus Oxycedrus, 

 some from the 

 south of France 

 (in Languedoc, 

 gathered by M. 

 Bory de Saint 

 Vincent), and 

 others from Mt. 

 Caucasus, com- 

 municated to 

 me by Mr.Pres- 

 cott,and I must 

 confess, I can- 

 notperceiveany 

 specific differ- 

 ence in them 

 whatever. In 

 general, but not 

 always, those 

 from the old 

 world are ei- 

 ther greener or 

 blacker when 

 dry; and the 

 American more 



Fl. Bor. Amer., 

 i. p. 278.) Pi- 

 nus ponderosa, 

 which is, per- 

 haps, more har- 

 dy than the pi- 

 naster, and is 

 of equally rapid 



growth, has a noble appearance, even when a young tree ; and, together 

 with P. babmiana and P. Coulteri, equally noble trees, and apparently as 

 hardy and of as rapid growth, well deserves a place in every pinetum. 

 Price of the plants, in the London nurseries, 2\s. each. 



2137 



Sect. Char. 

 1 20. P. 



B. Cones having the Scales hooked. 



vii. SabtH&ns&, 



Cones large, with the apex of the scales elongated and hooked. 

 Douglas. Sabine's, or the great prickly-coned, Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t.80. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 353. ; Lodd. Cat. ed 1836 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t 80. ; OUT Jig. 2142., to our usual scale; and fles 2138 to 2140 

 of the natural size, from the tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in threes, very long. Cones ovate, echinate, very large. 

 Scales long, awl-shaped, incurved, and spiny at the apex. (Lamb. Pin.) Buds, 



