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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



2144 



was 4 ft. 6 in. high, fig. 2143. is a portrait, to a scale of 1 in. to 4 ft. There 

 is a plant at Dropmore, which, in 1837, was 5ft. 6 in. high. The species 

 appears to be as hardy as the pinaster. 



1 21. 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. 



Synonymes. P. Sabin^wa var. Hort. ; P. macroc&rpa Lindl. MS. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 83. ; OUT fig. 2146. from Lambert, fig. 2141. from the dried cone in the 

 Horticultural Society's herbarium, and figs. 2144. and 2145. from the young plants in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., Sf-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. 2144.), 1 in. long, and from fin. 

 to | in. broad; conical, pointed, convex on the sides, imbri- 

 cated; 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. 2146., to our usual scale) sent home by Douglas 

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

 and from l^in. to l^in. broad. Scales (seej^g. 2141. c) from 

 3^ in. to 4 in. long, and from l^in. to If in. broad; in fig. 2146., at a, a 

 front view of the hook of the scale is given, of the natural size. Seed 

 (see fig. 2141. ) brown, flattish, from i in. to f in. in length, and in. in 

 breadth, without the wing; with the wing, 1 in. in length; wing stiff, light 

 brown, and nearly encompassing the seed. Cotyledons, ? The seed of P. 

 Sabinmwa is much larger than that of P. Coulteri, as shown at a in the same 

 figure. Shoots of the current year covered with a violet-coloured glaucous 

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

 Description. A large strong-growing tree, from 80ft. to 100ft. high. 

 Bark brownish. Branches large; top spreading. Branchlets knotted, and 

 tubercled from the callous bases of 

 the stipular scales ; about 1 in. in thick- 

 ness. Leaves in threes, rarely in fours 

 or fives, about 9 in. long, incurved, 

 somewhat compressed, mucronate; 2- 

 furrowed above, flattish beneath, slight- 

 ly serrated on.. the margin, and on the 

 elevated line along the middle ; sheaths 

 l^in. long, about the thickness of a 

 crow-quill, swelling at the tips. Scales 

 of the stipules ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, cartilaginous, bright brown, shin- 

 ing, adpressed ; margin scarious, white, 

 thread-like, and torn ; with the lower 

 ones shorter, and keel-shaped. Stipules 

 larger, much acuminated, hooded at the 

 base, callous, indurated, and persistent. 

 All the cones large, conical-oblong, 1 ft. 

 and more in length, 6 in. in diameter 

 near the middle, and weighing about 

 41b. Scales wedge-shaped, elongated 

 at the apex, lanceolate, mucronate, 

 compressed on both sides, obsoletely quadrangular, incurved and hooked, 

 very thick, indurated, smooth, shining, brownish, acute at the margin, 1 in. 

 to Sin. long; the lower ones longer, deflexed, and spreading. (Lamb.) 



