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tion, on long, stout, spreading peduncles, usually 

 opening at maturity, often remaining until forced off 

 by the enlargement of the tree. Scales of the cone 

 very large and thick, especially on the outer side at 

 the base, usually terminating in long, stout, curved 

 spines or hooks; seeds very large, black, thick 

 shelled. Leaves in 3's or 5's, very large and long, 8 

 to 16 inches. Picturesque trees, remarkable for their 

 usually divided trunk or very long limbs, and for 

 their heavy, spine-bearing cones. 

 Three species in California: 



No. 19 TOfrey Pine P- Torreydna, Parry. 



Small trees not to exceed a few hundred in all ; 

 buffeted, often prostrated by the ocean winds at Del 

 Mar, San Diego County, with a few on Santa Rosa 

 Island. Leaves in 5's, very large and long, 8 to 12 

 inches. Cones (often sub-terminal) are mahogany 

 brown, broadly ovate, 4 to 6 inches long, weighing 1 

 to 2 pounds, and armed with short, stout spines; cones 

 remaining on the tree for four years; seeds very large, 

 like No. 21. (Often called Lone Pine.) This is one 

 of the four storm-beaten beach pines of the western 

 coast. 

 No. 20 Big-Cone Pine P- Coutteri, Don. 



Trees of medium size, with dark green, abundant, 

 three-leaved foliage, composed of very large and long 

 leaves, 10 to 16 inches long. Cones elongated, ellip- 



