The Pines 



B. Length of leaf more than 6 inches ; stout, dark green. 

 C. Leaves 8 to 12 inches long; cones 3 to 6 inches 

 long, lateral. (A Cariba^a) cuban pine 



CC. Leaves 5 to 1 1 inches long; cones 3 to 15 inches 

 long, terminal. {P. ponderosa) yellow pine 



BB. Length of leaf less than 6 inches; slender. 



C. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, bluish green; cones 

 i^ to 2^ inches long, symmetrical. 



{P. echinata) shortleaf pine 

 CC. Leaves 4 to 6 inches long, bright green; cones 3 

 to 5 inches long, unsymmetrical, 



{P. radiaia) Monterey pine 

 AAAA. Leaves 2 in a bundle. 



B. Length of leaf 4 to 6 inches; colour, dark green. 

 C. Cones about 2 inches long, scales unarmed. 



(P. resinosa) red pine 

 CC, Cones about 3 inches long, scales armed with 



stout beaks. {P.miiricata) prickle-cone pine 

 BB. Length of leaf i to 3 inches; cones i to 3 inches 

 long. 

 C. Leaves blue-green, stiff, twisted. 



{P. pungetis) table-mountain pine 

 CC. Leaves dark green, slender. 



D. Cones oblique, set with stout, recurved 

 prickles. 

 E. Branches dark brown. 



{P. contorta) scrub pine 

 EE. Branches ashy grey. {P. clausa) sand pine 

 DD. Cones not oblique, set with minute prickles. 



{P. glabra) spruce pine 

 CCC. Leaves grey-green, stout, in remote clusters. 



D. Cones 2 to 3 inches long; scales armed with 

 sharp prickles. {P. Firginiana) jersey pine 

 DD. Cones i^ to 2 inches long; scales unequal, 



unarmed. (P. divaricaia) grey pine 



Torrey's Pine {P. Torreyana, Parry) grows on a strip of 

 territory eight miles long and less than two miles wide along the 

 mouth of the Soledad River in southern California, and on the 

 neighbouring Island of Santa Rosa. It is a nut pine with large, 

 thick, edible seeds upon which Indians and Mexicans formerly 

 subsisted, eating them raw or roasted. 



The tree is distinguished by its dark-green, tufted leaves, 

 which are 9 to 13 inches long, and cluster in fives in close 

 sheaths. The cones are abundant, oval, woody and heavy, the 

 scales set with stout recurving beaks. 



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