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41. P. (S.) LambertIA^NA Dougl. The gigantic, 



Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 



or Lambert's, Pine. 



1. t. 34. ; Lawson's Manual, 



Identification. Dougl. in Lin. Trans., 15. p. 500. 

 p. 361. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 34. ; our fig. 2206., to our usual scale ; and figs. 2203. to 2205., 

 of the natural size; the cone and scale from Douglas's specimens in the Horticultural Society's 

 herbarium, and the buds and leaves from the tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., &c. Leaves in fives, rigid, 

 roughish ; sheaths very short. Cones 

 thick, very long, cylindrical ; scales loose, 

 roundish. (Douglas.) Buds, in the spe- 

 cimen from the Horticultural Socie- 

 ty's Garden, •§■ in. long, and £ in. 

 broad ; roundish, pointed, and with 

 3 smaller buds. (See Jig. 2203.) 

 Leaves 2|in. to 3 in. long; in 

 Douglas's specimens, 4± in. and 

 5 in. long. Cones from 14 in. to 

 16 in. long, and said to be some- 

 times 18 in. long, and 4 in. in 

 diameter in the widest part ; 

 scales I* in. wide, and nearly 2 in. 

 2203 i on g, s cec i large, oval, |in. long, 

 and nearly § in. broad ; dark brown : 

 iriog dark brown, and, with the seed, 

 || in. long, and ; in. broad in the widest 

 part. Native of the north-west coast of 

 North America, where it was discovered 

 by DouJas ; and introduced into Eng- 

 land in 1827. 



I), cription. According to Douglas, " the trunk of P, Lsanbertidna grows 



from ISO ft. to above 200 ft. in height, varying from 20ft. to near 60 ft. in cir- 



cumfefence. One specimen, which bad been blown down by the wind, and which 



certainly not the largest, was of the following dimensions: — Its entire 



length WM 215 ft.; its circumference, at 3 ft. from the ground, was .57 ft. 9 in., 



it 134 ft. from the ground, 17 ft. S in. The trunk is unusually straight, and 



