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and no pine at the west bears cones of this character, unless, as in that unfortunate case, as a 
monstrosity. 
The pine described by Mr. Murray under the name of P. Beardsleyi is evidently one of the 
most common forms of P. ponderosa. The differences which he suggests are such as are often 
exhibited by the trees of the same grove. The leaves are long or short, the cones large or 
small, the wood hard and resinous, or soft, according to the soil in which it grows. 
Pinus Sabiniana. Sabine’s pine—nut pine. 
P. Sabiniana, Dougl. in Comp, to Bot. Mag. 11. p. 150. 
P. Sabiniana, Lambert , Pinus , Ed. 2 d, 2 ,p. 146, t. 80. 
P. Sabiniana, Hoolc, Flor. Bor. Amer. 2 , p. 162. 
P. Sabiniana, Nutt. Sylva. 3 ,p. 110, t. 102. 
Fig. 13. Cone of P. Sabiniana, 4 natural size. 
Fig. 13a, b. Leaves and seed of P. Sabiniana, natural size. 
The “ nut pine,” as this tree is commonly called in California, is scarcely less interesting 
