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GIGANTIC PINE. 
PINUS Lambehtiana, foliis quinis rigidis scabrmsculis, vaginis brevis - 
simis , strobilis crassis longissimis cylindraceis , squamis laxis dilatatis 
inferioribus subpatulis, 
Pinus Lambertiana. Douglas in Lin. Trans, vol. 15, p. 500. Lamb. 
Pin. (ed. 2d), vol. 1, t. 34. Lawson’s Manual, p. 361. Loudon 
Arboret. vol. 4, p. 2288, figs. 2206 and 2207 (reduced), and figs. 2204 
and 2205, natural size. 
This majestic pine, according to Mr. Douglas its disco- 
verer, covers large districts about 100 miles from the bor- 
ders of the Pacific, in latitude 43° north, and continues to 
the south as far as 40°. He first met with it towards the 
sources of the Wahlamet (called also Multnomah.) It 
grew sparingly upon low hills, and was scattered over an 
undulating country east of a range of mountains which ter- 
minate at Cape Oxford, in a soil of pure sand, apparently 
incapable of supporting any vegetation, but here it attained 
its greatest magnitude, and perfected abundance of seed. 
The trees did not form dense forests, in the manner of the 
other pines of the north-west coast, but were seen scattered 
singly over the plains in the manner of some Californian 
species. 
This stately species attains to a height of 150 to 200 
feet, and varies in circumference from 20 to 60 feet. A 
specimen overturned by the winds w r as in length 215 feet, 
its circumference at 3 feet from the ground was 57 feet 9 
Jnches, and at 134 feet from the ground, 17 feet 5 inches. 
The trunk presents an erect shaft, devoid of branches of 
from 100 to 170 feet elevation covered with a very smooth 
