pivETr:-! DA^-Icr:•I. 



399 



Mr. -Maries at Lake Bi-wa. near Kioto, iii Xippon. The main trunk 

 of the tree is 28 feet in cir: o.nfo- once. At abotit 10 feet from the 

 ground this divides into three priuiarv tranches, -prhhch have been 

 made to spread out horizontallT, and the ch^cular space covered by 

 them and thrir o^^-^en is fully 60 yard- in diameter. On the 

 other hand, tiiry -i: ""^.i i inn in Jeddo. a dvrarf tree in a lacquered 

 box of -which the branches di 1 n:o occupy more :i:an '2 = naare inc::es. 



The wood of F. Thu:.] . h' i- resinous, tenacious, and duralle ; 

 it is chiefly used in the construction of buildings. The Japanese 

 also make charcoal of it. The soot which they procure from it by 

 burning its resinous roots with the oil of the turnip i7J ^> : v 

 orientalis) is said to be einn--: :Ted in making the famous Cliinese ink, 

 which is manufactured oiinnpally in the convent cf Xara, in the 

 province of Janato. 



P. Torreyana, C. Parry. CaiT. Tr. Gdn. Conif. .326 : Henk. 

 and Hochst. Syn. der iN'adelh. 117 (not J. E. lN :ii no. . P. Sahiniana 

 micrGcarpa, J. E. Xelson. P. lopJ\osj>tri:- Li:odi, cX Gord. Pinet. 

 Suppl. 69: Henk. andH chst. Syn, der Xadcih. 112. 



Hahitaf. — California, mouth of the Soledad Eiver. San Diego 

 County; doubtiuiiy reported from one of the i;ia..i.s uz >:.n:a 

 Barbara and from IuCvr~v C i:: :ni i. 



A low. short-livc'l, _o d.vi. ci-oked tree. 20-25 feet in height, 

 with a trnni: 0-1 S inches in di-onvt^r ; creSts -:: s-.n.*y '•iuzs imme- 

 diately np.n the Sea-c^nit ; vcry hnah and las: disappearing ^C. S. 

 Sargent, '"Forest Trees of Xorth America''). 



Probably not hardy. 



P. tiibereiLlata, Gord. Pinet. ed. 1. 211. ed. 2. 2S8 (not Don), 

 and Journ. H':rt, iv. 21S. and f . ; Fl. des Serros. v. r^lT. and f . : 

 Rep. Oregon Enped. 2. t. 2. f. 2 : Henk. and hisn Xadcih. 7S 

 (in part) ; Bolander in Pr-j:. Caiif. Acad. iii. 2'j2. 017 : Lawson, 

 Pinet. Brit. i. 03, t. 13. i. 1-0: Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. ed. 2.411 

 (in part); Pari, in DC. ProcLi\ xvi. 2, 391 ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 2, 

 309 : Yasey. Cat. Fores: Trees. 31 : Engelnn in Trans. St. Louis 

 Acad. iv. • B n Calif, ii. 12m O0i-_h, 3Ian. Conif. 17»"» : 



Beissner, yadeih-izk. 270. F. cvifoynixi, Harcw. in Journ. Hort. 

 Soc. ii. 189. 



F.tiihtYC ' ' , G^n-: Ph::n :i h OH n ' F n , a nnn: at first 

 erroneously given ij a -p^c Seo: ■ y .Fn.ev. :j ".e mnnned a? now 

 in general use, and because Don's original tuberculaia is a mere form 

 of insignis (Engelm.\ 



Habitat. — Valley of the 31ackenzie River. Oregon : sotitii along the 

 western slope of the Cascade and Sierra iN"evada 31ountains. and on 

 the Galifornian coast ranges from the Santa Cruz lo the San Jacinto 

 Mountains. 



A tree 60-70 feet in height, vitii a trunJj 2-3 feet m cdameter. or 

 (rarely) reduced to a low shrub, fruiting when not more than 3 feet 



