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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



on the tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden (see Jig. 

 '2139.), nearly 1 in. long, and i in. broad; convex on the sides, 

 imbricated, but not covered with resin. Leaves from 10 in. to 

 1 ft. in length ; glaucous in every stage of their growth, flexuose; 

 and, when full-grown, partly bent downwards, as those shown in 

 fig. 214-2. Sheaths above 1 in. in length, membranaceous, ash- 

 brown, shining, and nearly entire at the top, with numerous rinys; 

 scales of the cones, in the specimens sent home- by Douglas, k /in. 

 long and lin. broad (sccf. 2140.). Seeds (a \\\fig. 2 140., and 

 b in/.2141) above 1 in. long, and nearly iin. broad, much larger 

 than those of P. Coulter/' shown at a in Jig. 2141. ; win-; very 

 short. Shoots of the current year covered with violet-coloured 

 bloom, like those of P. inops, but darker. Native of California. 

 Description. 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 outside, 

 angular on the insule, serrated, more widely and conspicuously so towards 

 the point, erect, but flaccid and drooping during winter ; sheath l in. long, 

 light brown, chaffy, sometimes 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 ( sec Jig. 

 21.38.: when ma- 

 ture, ovate, re- 

 curved, 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 



f)in. to 1 1 in. long, and from Hi in. to Is in. round ; some, however, are larger. 

 Scales spathuhite, 2^ in. long, having a very strong, sharp, incurved point 

 (see h in fig. 2140.) with abundance of pellucid resin. Seeds (see a \\~\fig. 

 2140.) somewhat oblong, tapering to the base; flattish on the inside, Iin. 

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

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

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

 quite so large a si/e as the other gigantic species of the genus, \\liich inhabit 

 the northern and western parts of North America. The trees are of a tapering 

 form, straight, and of regular growth ; from loft, to 120ft. in height, with 

 trunks from 2ft. to 12ft. in circumference (or, as Douglas states in his letter 

 to Sir W. .1. Hooker, from 1 I Oft. to 140 ft. in height, with trunks from 3ft. 

 to 12 ft. in diameter), clothed with branches to the Around when standing far 

 apart or solitary. The largest and most handsome tries inhabit the aqueous 



