THE TRUE PINES, 285 



A beautiful large tree, irregularly furnished with branches to 

 the ground, growing from 100 to 150 feet high, and from two 

 to five feet in diameter, on the western Cordilleras of New 

 Albion, at great elevations, also on the woody heights near 

 Monterey, at El Toro, a high mountain to the east of Monterey, 

 and in various other places in Upper California, but never in 

 masses or forests, but intermixed with other kinds, ripening its 

 seeds in November. 



Timber white, even-grained, but not very durable. 



It was named in compliment to the late Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



No. 51. PiNUS SEROTINA, Michaux, the Fox-tail or Pond 



Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Tseda alopecuroides, Aiton. 

 „ „ rigida serotina, Loudon. 

 alopecuroides, Hort. 



Leaves in threes, but sometimes in fours, from six to eight 

 inches long, rather slender, sharp-pointed, and stiff, of a light, 

 bright green, very dense, and ribbed on the inner side ; sheaths 

 persistent, three-quarters of an inch long on the young leaves, 

 smooth, jagged at the ends, and light-coloured, whUe those on 

 the older leaves are much shorter, shrivelled, and dark brown. 

 Branches numerous, rather irregular, and of a bright yeUowish- 

 brown colour, frequently producing tufts of leaves, and bundles 

 of small shoots from the main stem. Cones ovate, with short 

 foot-stalks, pointing downwards, two inches and a half long, 

 and nearly two inches wide, mostly in opposite pairs, and 

 ripening in the autumn of the second year, but do not shed 

 their seeds before the third or fourth year ; and on which 

 account it is called serotina. Scales rounded at their extremi- 

 ties, slightly elevated, four-sided, three-eighths of an inch 

 broad, with the apex depressed, and terminating in a slender 

 prickle, which soon disappears. Seeds very small, with wings 

 three-quarters of an inch long. 



A middle-sized tree, growing from 40 to 50 feet high, and 

 from 15 to 18 inches in diameter, on the edges of swamps and 



