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SPREADING-CONED PINE. 
4 inches long, with the margin and inner ridge finely serru- 
lated and grooved internally on either side the mid-rib. 
The cone figured by Loudon is indeed more oblong than 
in P. insignis, but we have no doubt they vary as much 
as the figures given, and the leaves appear to be wholly 
similar. It is also nearly allied, apparently, to P. patula , 
found by Schiede and Deppe in Mexico. 
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SPREADING-CONED PINE. 
PINUS radiata, foiiis temis , strobilis incequilateri-ovatis squamis 
radiato-rimosis umbilico depresso truncatis ; baseos externa tripb 
majoribus gibbosis subrecurvis . Don, in Lin. Trans, vol. 17, p. 442. 
Lambert, Pin. 3, tab. 86. Loudon Arboretum 4, p. 2270, fig. 2182. 
This useful species of Pine, as well as the preceding, 
grows abundantly in the vicinity of Monterey on the sea- 
coast in latitude 36°. Point Pinos, at the entrance of the 
harbor is covered with them exclusively. The trees of this 
species grow singly or together, and attain to the height of 
about 100 feet, with an erect trunk clothed with branches 
nearly to the ground. In its foliage and general appear- 
ance, as well as economy, it is allied to the Yellow Pine, 
(Pinus variabilis .) It is also scarcely distinct from P. 
patula and the preceding species. 
The cones as described by Mr. Don, are said to be 
aggregated, of an ovate form, about half a foot in length, 
ventricose at the base with spreading obtuse scales. 
According to Dr. Coulter it affords an excellent timber, 
which is very tough, and well adapted for the building of 
boats, for which purpose it is much used. 
