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rmus. 



o , 1 . 1.,. r»r r r Parrv 40 miles southeast of San Diego, just across the 



S e last „incli«lly by tl,„ mu„to ot leaves m a sl».tl>. 



^ ^ Z™,... Ufioes: cones ovat, to suicfuulrM, v>ak n«norous scales: seed. 



small, ^cairjed. 

 c -D Tialfonriana Jeffrey. A medium-sized tree, seldom over 50 feet high 



"vraristata"' Tree 50 to sometimes 100 feet high: anthers ^vith scarcely a 

 ^It. ^:S^te, with thinner sca^s, ^^^^^^^^J^f^^ 



^%::,l !ltains near Mount ^^^f (^;;^> Z^t^^^:^'^!:^:^^^ 

 ing a dark green belt from 5 000 to 8,000 feet .^1/; ^i,^^!'™,,, of King and Kern 



below and P. P^Uis, var. alhicauUs, '^^^'^ '^^^^^T^Zrodc The variety, with recu.'ved 

 Eivers (5mm-, 8tcgman\ and «» /^^ """J ^^J.'^^e spS^^ 



prickles, on the Inyo Moan ams {Slcpnan) ""^^^^ f ^,,'1^^ T^ the form with awned scales in 

 laius through Nevada, Northern ^"-"f ^^'J^^^^S ^^^'^^^^ Se Colorado form has red.lish 



. . Besln-ducts parenchyMatous : leaves serridate, with stomata upon all sales ; 

 sheaths persistent. 

 ■^- Cones suhtermlnal. 

 ++ Leaves in fives. 

 7 V Torrevana Parry. A small tree, 20 or 30 feet high and 12 to 15 inches 

 in aiuaete° E ciwcM at the en.ls ot the thick branchlets >n the ax.ls of 

 Ltlwf Strongly fringed bracts, very stout, 8 to " inoi.es 1™. ; yo^s/-' J 

 15 to 18 lines long, old ones 6 lines long : cones ovate, 4 to 4i .nelies '"n,, "J • 2 

 hick natulotts or dellexed on peduncles an inch long; umbo short an.l stou or 

 otti^nt elongated and inflexLl : seeds oval 8 to 10 > -jl^f ,',"■-- 1!:'^,^ 



pine ; seeds large and edible. 



++ ++ Leaves in threes. 

 8. P. ponderosa, Dougl. One of the largest pines kno^vn (200 to 300 feet 

 high and 12 to 15 feet in^diameter), ^vith very thick red Wn la^^^^^^ 

 rowed and split in large plates: leaves on stout bi^nchlets "/^^he ^^^ \^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 fringed somewhat persistent bracts, 5 to 9 or even 1 ^^;«!^^V;"f '^^^^^^'^^^Vi^^'L 

 at first 9 or 10 (later 3) lines long : male flowers cylmdnc, f:^3 ' J^^^'^^h a large 

 Ion" crowded into a short head; involucre of 10 or 12 ^^^^^ts ; anthei-Y^ 1^ ^to o 

 ':^iZZ scarcely dentate crest : cones oval, 3 or 4 ^y^^^^^U^^. 

 inches thick, of a rich brown color, sessde or -^^-;;f l^' ^^^^^^ 

 curved, often 3 to 5 together ; umbo high, with a stout straight or incurvcu p 



