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projecting; the protuberance, in place of being very much prolonged and recurved towards the fummit 
of the cone, be much fhorter; and although, in fine, the leaves be in twos, while thofe of P. Coulteri 
are in threes.” 
That M. Carriere is wrong in the laft of his premifes need not affeCt our opinion of the judgment 
which he deduces from them, nor of his qualifications to form one at all. It will be fufficient to remind the 
reader that the great projecting curved hooks on the fcales of the cone of P. Coulteri are more than two 
inches in length and flout in proportion, while the figure of P. Sinclairii fhews a protuberance of fcarcely 
more than as many lines. To our eyes, too, the form of the cone is wholly different, and the fize materially 
different. We had given M. Carriere confiderable credit for his Traite General des Coniferes until we 
came upon this unguarded ftatement. We ftill think it a work of confiderable merit as a compilation, and 
we have no reafon to doubt the accuracy of anything but his judgment. We regret, however, to find fuch 
ftriking evidence of careleffnefs in a work of this kind, the value of which depends wholly upon the 
accuracy of its defcriptions. 
We have faid enough to fhew that no certain conclufion can be arrived at regarding the identity of 
Pinus California. CorreCt and expurgate the text as we may, it ftill remains doubtful to what fpecies 
it fhould be referred. The proper courfe fhould be to delete the name from the lift of fpecies altogether. 
If, for the fake of the intereft attached to it on account of La Peroufe, it be ftill affociated with fome fpecies 
as a fynonym, more cannot be afked, and more fhould not be given. We feel inclined to give the 
preference to P. infegnis, as the fpecies which fhould be fo diftinguifhed. 
Defcription. —Don fays that this tree reaches ioo feet in height. That is a miftake. It is of no great 
fize either in height or diameter, feldom reaching the half of that magnitude. It is generally a ftraight 
tapering tree, with regularly-difpofed branches. While young it is pretty, with a cheerful green foliage. 
It begins to bear cones at a very early age (before it is ten feet high), which at firft are only produced 
on the main ftem. • The cones adhere to the tree for a long time. Jeffrey found trees with as many 
as twenty whorls of cones on the trunk, the growth of as many years; and the branches were covered 
with cones in the fame way as the trunk. Murray (MSS.) mentions having plucked, from the ftem 
of a tree nearly a foot in diameter, an old cone growing within reach of his hand. It mull, of courfe, 
have been of great age, and was nearly decayed. As the tree grows older, the branches as well as the 
leading {hoot begin to bear cones ; and as they do not fall off, but may be feen rotting on the ftem and 
branches, even when the tree has a girth of three feet, the appearance of the tree is then very peculiar : 
it feems literally covered with fruit. The contrail; between the old and young cones is very great. Thofe 
given in figs. 5 and 6 are fcarcely recognifable as belonging to the fame fpecies; but both were plucked 
from the fame tree by Murray. As the foliage is thin, the tree cannot be called handfome. The timber is 
faid by Gordon to be red and hard. Our information is, that it is white. 
Geographical Diflribution. —Found on the coaft range of mountains, frequently near the fea, as, for 
example, at Humboldt’s Bay. It extends northwards from Monterey along the coaft range. It alfo 
extends alono- the eaftern Hope of the fame range, as far north as Shafta. Jeffrey found it in lat. 41, at an 
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elevation of 5 000 ^ ee ^ 
Hiftory. —Firft difcovered by Dr Coulter, and defcribed by Don from the fpecimens which that explorer 
fent home. Dr Coulter found it growing clofe to the fea-beach, mixed with other pines. Hartweg 
next found it, in Auguft 1846, in the mountains of Santa Cruz, which lie not far from the fea, fome 60 
miles north of Monterey. It was then firft introduced into this country. Jeffrey found it near Shafta in 
1852 ; Murray and Beardfley in 1854; an d Lobb, Bridges, and various other collectors, have fince helped 
to introduce it into this country. 
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