984 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
by Douglas, 2in. long, and 
13 in. broad (see fig. 1838.). 
Seeds (a in fig. 1838., and 6 
in fig. 1835.) above 1 in. long, 
and nearly 4in. broad, much 
larger than those of P. Coil- 
teri shown at @ in fig. 1835. ; 
wing very short. Shoots of 
the current year covered with 
violet-coloured bloom, like 
those of P. inops, but darker. 
A large tree. Upper California. 
Height 40 to 110ft., rarely 
140 ft. Introduced in 1832. 
Plants have not yet flowered 
in England. Hort. Soc. 
Douglas describes the leaves 
as in threes, very rarely in fours ; 
from 11in. to 14 in, long ; sharp, 
round, and smooth on the out- 
side, angular on the inside ; ser- 
rated, more widely and conspi- 
cuously so towards the point; 
erect, but flaccid and drooping 
during winter. Sheath 14 in. 
long, light brown, chaffy, some- 
times torn at the top. Stipules 
1837. P. Sabiniana. 
lanceolate and rigid, Male and female catkins erect. Flowers appearing in 
February and March. Cones of a bright green when young; at the end of the 
first season, measuring from 6 in. to 8 in. round, and being then of a more 
rounded form than they are when perfect, in the November of the following 
year (see jig. 1836.) ; when mature, ovate, recurved, pressing on the shoots 
for support, in 
clusters of from 
3 to 9, surround- 
ing the stem ; 
remaining on the 
tree for a series 
of years; and 
from 9 in. to 
ll in. long, and 
from 16 in. to 
18 in. round ; 
some, however, 
arelarger. Scales 
spathulate, 22 in. 
long, having a 
very strong, 
sharp, incurved 4 
point (see d in § 
Jig. 1838.) with 
abundance of fs 
pellucid resin. 
Seeds (see w in 
Jig. 1838.) some- 
what oblong, ta- 
pering to the 
base ; flattish on 
the inside, 1 in, 
1838. P. Sabiniana 
