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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



ends of the branches very densely for 10 to 20 inches; this close, tail-like 

 arrangement of the leaves suggested the common name of the tree. The leaves, 

 5 in a bundle (fig. 11), are curved and closely pressed to the branch. Some 

 of the year's growth of leaves fall during the eighth or ninth year, but most 

 of them persist until the tenth or twelfth year. The cones (fig. 11) are 

 matured by the middle or end of August of the second year, when they are a 



Fig 



Pinus half our iana: a, seeds. 



deep purple. They shed their seeds (fig. 11, a) in September, at which time the 

 tips of the scales are a dark red-brown or russet-brown. Cones fall from the 

 trees during late autumn or in winter. The seeds are blotched and speckled 

 with dull purple. Seed leaves, regularly 5. Wood, soft, light, yellow-bvown, 

 very close-grained and brittle ; suitable for second-class lumber, but rarely used. 



