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COULTER’S PINE. 
PINUS Coulteri, foliis ternis prcelongis compressis , vaginis jilamentoso - 
laceris , strobilis oblongis solitariis maximis , squamis cuneatis , apicibus 
elongatis incrassatis lanceolatis mucronatis ancipiti-compressis aduncis # 
Don in Lin. Trans, vol. 17, p. 440. Lamb. Pin., vol. 3, tab. 83. 
Loudon, Arbor. Brit. vol. 4, p. 2250. 
This magnificent species of Pine was discovered by 
Doctor Coulter on the mountains of Santa Lucia, near the 
mission of San Antonio, in the 36th degree of latitude, 
within sight of the sea, and at an elevation of between 3 
to 4000 feet above its level. It was accompanied by the 
Pinus Lambertiana. 
The tree rises to the height of 80 or 100 feet with large 
permanently spreading branches, and the trunk is 3 or 4 
feet in diameter. The leaves of a glaucous hue, are longer 
and broader than in any other known species of the genus, 
and the cones which grow singly are likewise the largest 
of all pines, being often more than a foot long, half a foot 
in diameter, and weighing about 4 pounds. Travellers 
compare them for magnitude to sugar loaves, which they 
resemble in form, suspended as it were from forest trees ! 
The spinous processes of the scales of the cone are very 
strong, hooked and compressed, 3 or 4 inches in length, 
and about the thickness of one’s finger ! characters which 
essentially distinguish it from the preceding species. The 
seed like that of the preceding, to which it is closely allied, 
is about the size of an almond and eatable. 
