988 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
figure, Sin. long, and 23 in. 
broad in the widest part. 
Scale (fig. 1844.) from 12 in. 
to 13 in. long, and 1% in. 
broad. Seeds oval, from 
4 in. to 2 in. in length, 3, in. 
1844, P. australis. 1845. 
broad, whitish; with the wing 23 in. in length, and } in. in breadth, 
and, as well as the cone, of a rich chestnut brown; in Lambert’s figure, 
the scales and seeds are much smaller. Cotyledons,?. A large tree 
in America, but rather tender in England. North Carolina to Florida, near 
the sea coast. Height 60 ft. to 70 ft.in America, rarely above 10 ft. to 12 ft. 
in England. Introduced in 1730. The largest plant that we know of is at 
Farnham Castle, which, in 1834, after being 35 years planted, was 20 ft. 
high. 
Variety. 
£ P. ua. 2 excélsa. P. palastris excélsa Booth. — Raised in the Floet- 
beck Nurseries, in 1830, from seeds procured from the north-west 
coast of North America. The plant, in 1837, was 4 ft. high, with 
leaves as long as those of P. australis; and was quite hardy, even in 
that climate. Possibly a distinct species. 
t 26. P. 1nsi’ents Doug. The remarkable Pine. 
Identification. Douglas’s specimens in the Horticultural Society’s herbarium ; Pin. Wob., p. 51. 
Engravings._Pin. Wob., t. 18. ; our sig. 1847. to our usual scale, and fig. 1848. of the natural size, 
both from Douglas’s specimens in the Horticultural Society’s herbarium ; and jig. 1846., from the 
side shoot of a young tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves three, and occasionally four, in a sheath ; much 
twisted, varying greatly in length, longer than the cones, of a deep grass 
green, and very numerous. Cones ovate, pointed, with the scales tuber- 
culate. Buds (see jig. 1846.) of the side shoots of young plants from 
Lin. to iin. long, and from 2 in. to 2in. broad, brown, and apparently | 
without resin ; on the leading shoots a great deal larger, and resem- { 
bling in form, and almost in size, those of P. Sabinidna. Leaves, in } 
Douglas’s specimen, from 3in. to 4}1in. long; on the plant in the 
Horticultural Society’s Garden, from 5in, to 7in. long. A large tree. 
California. Introduced in 1833, and requiring protection in British 18s. 
gardens, at least when young. 
This pine is well named insignis; its general appearance being indeed 
remarkable, and totally different from that of every other species that has yet 
been introduced. The leaves are of a deep grass green, thickly set on the 
