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The Pines. 



the common name is 

 given. In British Co- 

 lumbia it is known as 

 the " White Pine," or 

 " White-barked Pine," 

 and the seeds are col- 

 lected by the Indians 

 for food; A variety, 

 albicaulis, (described 

 by Professor Newber- 

 ry as the Pinus cem- 

 broides), grows on the 

 Cascade Mountains, 

 up to the timber-line, 

 with a height of fifty 

 feet and a diameter 

 of two feet. The bark 

 is thin, mUk-white, 

 and in appearance 

 something like that 

 of white oak. The 

 wood is tough, and 

 the leaves near the 

 ends of the branches. 



1310. The Films 

 reflexa grows on the 

 Mexican border, in 

 Arizona, and is nearly 

 related to the preced- 

 ing species. 



1311. The Pimis 

 Parryana is a small 

 tree, growing upon 

 the Mexican border, 

 in California and Ar- 

 izona, bearing edible 

 seeds. It is closely 



156. Pinus Lamhertiana: The Sugar Pine, Cone, and related to the follow- 

 Leaves, ou a reduced scale. jjj™ gnecies : 



