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Puius. 



The variety is aco..o. t.^ on ^^^^^^^^^^ 



extending mto Oregon ^in dm «,,^°j^^^^^^^^^^ i„ Colorado they are as persistent as on the 



Sierra Neva.la the cone. a,e "? ' ^ ^^^^^ }^,.,; , .^as based came from the high biemvs and 

 coast. J'^^^^V'V!^^'^^t'^':xTpJn^M^^ they have been contounded, never 



terminal cones. 7^7 



^_ ^_ Cones lateral. 



++ Leaves in threes. 



in T» ^abiniana Douol. An open-branclied round-topped tree, with rough 



I ;.f Ivu-h 1 ^l I dius hranchlets and sparse foliage : leaves drooping slen- 

 ash-gray bcuk, ^^'^•"' \-^'™' -,., -^^^^ i^^„ and half a line wide, their sheaths 

 der, hght-green c.r glaucous, f/'^ \- /J^f;^'. X°cts deciduous : male Howers oblong, 



the Sacmmento V.lWy, «n.l on the looth.Us f *« J™ f, ""',, ri^^.tern slope (Owe„'» Valley, 



ferent from all other pines. 



11 P Coulteri, Don. A tree 1 or 2 feet in diameter, with very thick rouj^i 

 anialLtbkcrbark: leaves crowded at the ends of the thick ^--^;^ 

 erect 6 or 8 to 10 or U inches long and f line wide ; young sheath. ^^^ 

 W'a half inch when old ; bracts much fringed : male flowers cyhndric, 18 to 20 

 Zt lorn' su ounld by 8 or 10 bracts, the outer half as long as the inner ; anthers 

 rte!r:Ce?shortly /eduncled, long-oval, pointed, ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ 

 .5 thick, yellowish-brown, persistent many years; scales ^'^f .^ ,^:^"'^i^^;4°"°;J'a^^ 



II to 14 - Linn. Trans, ivii. 440 ; Parlat. 1. c. 392. P. raacrocarpa, Lindl. Bot. 



""it riia'ti^; at moderate elevations, from M-^Dia.l^to^lie .i^h.. b^^^^ 

 State. Wood brittle. Similar to the ^^ ^^^^^^^^^f^^^^ 



^^::^^^-^:':^^ZZ:^,P^ ^^ the seeds and wings .or 



their impressions on the scales) Nvill always distinguish them. 



1 o P insienis l).)u<d. A tree 80 to 100 feet high and 2 or 3 feet in c lameter, 



scales on the outer side and especially toward the ^^^f ^^^^^^^^^ 

 hemispherical, rarely flat, on the inner side flat and much smallei , '^'l;*^ f "'' ^J 

 'rS: seJds grLed and tuberculated Hack, 3 or 4 hn^kmg , ^-^ 8 ^^ 

 lines long, widest above the middle: cotyledons 5 to 7. - L^^^^^^^ .; 



ficr 2132-7 ; Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound, t. 55 (poor). /. ^«^'./^;".''""'' 'f » ^.^,r,^,^ 

 Duham V 243] P. ndunca, Bosc ; Poir. in Lam. Diet. Suppl. iv. 41b ? I. nuUatn 



