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on the inner face. Sheaths very short, and composed of a few 

 loose, shrivelled, dark-brown scales, full of resinous matter. 

 Branches horizontal, spreading, very much twisted, slender, 

 and much resembling those of Pinus inops, or Banksiana, when 

 old. Cones small, ovate-pointed, tapering most to the apex, 

 clustered round the branches, from two to two inches and a 

 half long, and from three-quarters to one inch in diameter in 

 the widest part, nearly straight, or very slightly curved, com- 

 pact, and smooth on the surface. Scales thickened at the base, 

 tetragonal, transversely keeled, blunt-pointed, a little depressed 

 in the centre, and furnished with a small deciduous prickle in 

 the middle ; those nearest the base being much smaller, and 

 nearly level. 



A small tree, growing not more than fifteen or twenty feet 

 high, with a twisted, scrubby appearance, found abundantly in 

 swampy places near the sea-coast at Cape Disappointment, 

 and Cape Lookout, on the north-west coast of North America. 

 It was found by the French travellers, M. Boursier and M. 

 Riviere, in Northern California, in similar situations, a tree 

 30 feet high, and one foot ia diameter. 



It is also quite abundant on the crest and slopes of the dry 

 subalpine ridges of the Sierra Nevada, forming the principal 

 part of the forest there, and extending to near the snow line. 

 The timber is coarse and tough and of little value, as it is 

 liable to warp. 



No. 6. Pinus densifloea, Siebold, the Dense Flowered Japan 



Pine. 



Syn. Pinus rubra, Siebold, in part. 



„ „ Japonica, Antoine. 



Leaves in twos, needle-shaped, slender, straight, acute-pointed, 



and rough at the edges ; convex on the outer part, concave on 



the inner one, and somewhat glaucous on both faces, and from 



three to five inches long. Sheaths rather short, and formed of 



several broad scales, fringed or jagged at the ends. Buds 



covered with imbricated, non-resinous scales. Branches rather 



