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SABINE’S on PRICKLY-CONED PINE. 
PINUS sabiniana, foliis terms prcdongis acutis margine scabris, strobilis 
maximis recurvis ovatis aggregatis, squamis patentibus latissimis api- 
cibus bnge acuminatis incurvis spinescentibus , nucibus duris. 
Pinus Sabiniana. Douglas, Lin. Transact, vol. 16, p. 749. Lambert’s 
Pines, (Ed. 2,) t. 80. Loudon, Arboret. vol. 4, p. 2246. 
This splendid and useful species was discovered on the 
western flanks of the Cordilleras of California, by the late 
Mr. Douglas. It was found at a great elevation above 
the level of the sea, being only 1600 feet below the range 
of perpetual snow in the parallel of 40° ; likewise on the 
less elevated mountains near the sea coast, where the tem- 
perature is higher but more uniform, in the parallel of 
37°, inhabiting the summits of the mountains only, it 
also occurs in some part of the range of the Blue Moun- 
tains of Oregon, as the Indians brought bags of the 
eatable kernels to trade on the Grande Ronde Prairie. 
Dr. Gairdner also collected it on the Fallatine Hills of the 
Wahlamet. 
The stems of these Pines are of a very regular form, and 
grow straight and tapering to the height of 40 to 140 feet, 
and are 3 to 12 feet in circumference when standing apart, 
clothed with branches down to the ground. The largest 
and finest trees are seen in the Mountains of California. 
The wood is white, soft, coarse-grained and not very 
durable. A copious transparent resin exudes from the 
tree when cut; and the nuts, like those of the Cembra 
Pine, are in great esteem among the natives as food ; we 
found them nearly as pleasant to the taste as almonds, 
