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of the Atlantic States, but is sufficiently distinct. I have not been able to refer it to any 

 Californian or Mexican pine hitherto described. 



PiNus Sabiniana, DmigL; Lamh. Pin. {ed. 2) 2, p. 146, t, 80; Endl Syn. Oonif, p. 159. 

 (Tab. LVII,) Mountains east of San Diego, California ; Parry. One of the largest of the 

 California pines, being often from 60 to 100 feet high, and the trunk 2 to 4 feet in diameter. 

 It is remarkable for its spreading branches, and for its large heavy cones with strong hooked 



scales. The nuts are large and edible. 



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p, 329, t. 151. Valley of the Rio Grande below the mouth of Los Moros, in western Texas, 



Cohahuila, and Neuvo Leon. 



) Below the Salado this noble tree is often 



seen in the river itself, sometimes where the water is 16 feet deep and the current strong ; Sckott. 

 Dr. Bigelow found it at Santa Rosa, Cohahuila, flowering in January. 



Sequoia SEMPERVIRENS, Endl. Conif, p. 198; Newberry^ I, c. p. 57,/^. 23. Taxodium semper- 



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64. Woods in the Coast Range of mountains east of Monterey^ 

 This is the celebrated redwood of California ; the most valuable 



timber tree of that State, 



JuNiPERUs TETRAGONA, ScUeclit, var. OSTEOSPERMA, Torr. lu Whipple Rep. p. 141. Dry rocky 

 places, San Felipe, &c., California ; Parry. A much branched shrub of regular conical form, 



6-13 feet high. 



JuNiPERus PACHYPHLiEA, Torr. L c. Hill sides^, western Texas, New Mexico, Chihuahua, and 

 Sonora. The fruit varies from 3 to 5 lines in diameter, and is sometimes only two-seeded. 

 When unusually large it sometimes contains 4 and even 5 seeds, 



JuNiPERUS occiDENTALis, Hooh FL BoT.-Amer. 2, p. 166; Torr. I. c; Newb^^ry L c. p. 59, i. 



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fornia and Oregon Indians, who depend upon them for a large portion of their winter food. 



PiNus ToRREYAi!^A {Parry MSS.) : foliis quinis elongatis (6-9-unc) rigidis, vaginis squamosis 

 (5-10"lin.) strobilis subglobosis, squamarum apophysi elongato-pyramidata deflexa, umbone 



continuo obtuso subrecurvo. (Tab. LVIII and LIX.) Bluifs near the mouth of Solidad creek, \ 



10 miles north of San Diego, California ; Parry. A small tree, seldom more than 20 or 30 

 feet high, with a trunk 12 to 15 inches in diameter ; often almost prostrate from its being exposed 



to strong ocean gales. Bark of the young branches whitish ; the lower part of the trunk scaly. 

 Branches horizontal, but curved upward towards the extremity. Leaves stouter than in any 



pine^ rough on the margin, abruptly pointed, the sheaths nearly two 

 lines in diameter and an inch and a half long in the young leaves. Cones conical -globose, about 

 A\ inches long. Seeds, without the wing, three-fourths of an inch long, with a thick bony 

 shell. This is the only pine of the section Pseudo-strobus found within the limits of our flora. 

 P. Apulcensis which resembles it, differs in its more slender and shorter leaves, and ovate 

 smaller cones, &c. It is also allied to P. Orizab^e, Gordon in Lond. Hort. Jour. 1, p. 237 cum 

 icon. J but that has very slender leaves, which are extremely rough on the angle, and ovate cones, 



Pmus Lambertiana, DougL in Linn, Trails. 15, p. 50; Lamb. Pin. (ed. 2) 1, p. 57^ t. 34; Neta- 

 berry J I. c. p. 42, Jig, 14. On the mountains east of San Diego, California; Parry. 



Abies Douglasii, Lindl.; Nutt. Sylv. 3, p. 136, t. 117; Hooh. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2, p. 162, 

 ^. 115 ; Newberry^ I. c.p. 54:. ^g. 20 <£ t. 8. Mountains east of San Diego, California ; Parry. 

 Mountains of western Texas and New Mexico ; Bigelow. A noble tree, 50-100 feet high. In 

 Oregon it sometimes attains the height of 300 feet. 



