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tical, of matchless size and weight, 15 to 20 inches 

 long, and often weighing 5 to 8 pounds, the scales ter- 

 minating in very large spines or hooks. The outer 

 spines are often 2 to 4 inches long, and curved like a 

 nail-grab. Trees of limited range in the Southern 

 Coast Ranges and San Bernardino Mountains. 



This tree, remarkable in many characters, is dis- 

 tinguished above all pines for bearing the heaviest 

 cones known; also that these cones are armed with 

 the largest of spines. 



No. 21 Cray-Leaf Pine - P.Sabiniana,~Dougl. 



Usually small, round-headed trees of the hot, slop- 

 ing foothills from Redding southward on both the 

 Coast and Sierra Mountains, to the Tehachapi 

 Range and reported from San Diego County. Trees 

 with divided trunks and scant foliage of a striking 

 glaucous or grayish color, all but the leaves of the 

 season drooping downward, or early falling away. 

 Cones dark brown, broadly ovate, weighing 2 to 5 

 pounds, armed with stout, short hooks; seeds very 

 large, one-half to three-fourths inch long, with a 

 thick, narrow wing, making the seed look like a 

 large black pearl in a broad amber setting. Leaves 

 in 3's. Quite a variable species, a form on Mount 

 Diablo resembling the preceding. 



It has been noticed that this tree in its habitat 



