LXXVII. CONI/FERE: PI/CEA. 1049 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 91. ; and our fig. 1964. from Lambert.” 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 2-rowed, linear, mucronate, flat, silvery beneath. 
Cones ovate. Bracteoles 3-lobed ; the middle division very long, leaf-like, 
recurved. (D. Don.) Cones 4in. long. Bractea nearly 2in. long. Leaves 
2in. long. A large tree. California. Height 121 ft. Discovered by Douglas 
in 1832, and about the same period by Dr. Coulter, but not yet introduced. 
The trunk rises to the height of 120 ft.; is very slender, not exceeding 2 ft. 
in circumference ; and as straight as an arrow. The upper third of the tree is 
clothed with branches, giving it the appearance of an elongated pyramid. The 
branches are spreading ; the lower ones are decumbent. The bracteas are low 
and recurved, and but little changed from the ordinary leaves, which gives the 
cones a singular appearance. When on the tree, being in great clusters, and 
at a great height withal, the cones resemble the inflorescence of a Banksia. 
D. Natives of Mexico. 
. £ 12, P. rewicio’sa. The sacred Mewican Silver Fir. 
Synonyme. Pinus religidsa Humb. et 
Kunth Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pi. 2. p. 5, 
Schiede et Deppe in Schlecht. Linnea 5. 
. 77. Lamb, Pin. 1, t. 43. ; A*bies religi- 
Mia Lindl. in Penny Cyc. 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 43., and vol. 
3. 95.3 and our figs. 1965. to 1967. from 
specimens sent home by Hartweg. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear, 
acute, quite entire, somewhat 
pectinate. Cones roundish- 
oval; scales trapezoideo-cor- 
date, lamelliform ; bracteoles 
the length of the scales, spathu- 
late-oblong, sharply dentato- 
serrate; wings of the seed 
plicate. (D. Don.) Leaves 
12 in. long. Cones 22in. long, 
and 23in. broad. Seed small 
and irregular. Cotyledons, ?. 
A tall tree. Mexico, on the 1965. P. religidsa. 
mountains of Anganguco, at 
8000 or 9000 feet above the sea. Height 100 ft. to 150 ft., with a trunk 5 ft 
1966. P. religidsa. 
