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'INUS MO.NüPHYLLA, Torrey, in a;fiôrt in FrmMfs Exploring ExptiiUou /o Hc Kociy Mmnimns 1H42, a«ä lo
Oregon and California in 1843, p. 319 (1845)-
l'INUS FREMOKTIANA, Endiiclier, Co«i/.. p. 183 (1847)1 Cordon, in 7o«rn. Horl. Sx. («du«, Syn. Endlicher and
Torrtiy). iv. p. 293 (18«); Kniglit, 6;«. Com/., p. j8 (1850); Lindley and Gordon, Horl. Stt. Joum.. v. p. J16 (1850);
Carrière, TroiU Ct,i. des Coni/.. p. 406 ("855); Gordon. Pinftmn, p. 194 <'858); Henkell and H.ch-itru-r, Sj,w>/> d.
NadélM^, p. 91 (1865).
lÎNGRAViKûs.—. . T o r r e y , in Bm. Fremml's Rcp.. t Gordon, in yoim. Horl. Sor., iv. p 293
Specific C!iaya6ler.—Pinus foliis solitariis abbreviatis rigiclis pungentibus, strobilis brcvibu.s s(|uamis
prominentibus, utrinque lato cxcavato apophysi pyramidata recurva, umbunc truncato, scmmibus apteris.
Habitat in California boreali montibus, inter 11 i°-i20° long. \\.
small tree, rarely exceeding 20 feet in height and i foot in diameter.
Branches verticillatc. Bark pale brown, with the marks of the insertion of
the leaves distind, especially on the young plants [fig. i].
Buds cylindrical clavate; Dr Torrey says they are about
of an inch in length; but those we have seen arc only
about ; of an inch in length. Leaves [fig. 2] solitary,
occasionally two in a sheath, but ni)t agglulinated together,
as.is erroneously stated by Endlicher to be ihe case. They
are from 1 inch to 2! inches in length, with about fourteen
longitudinal rows of oblong stomata [fig. 3]; often more or
' less cur\-ed, very stout and stiff, round and longitudinally
corrugated, in herbarium specimens tapering, and ending in a spiny point.
In the rare case of there being two
J-r- , — J ' S ^ ^ g : ^ in the sheath they are semi-cylint'^;
j:' i I p ! " !^ drical, and each has about seven
•' L ^ l-^' • ' — o r eight longitudinal rows of sto-
' " ' '" mata on the back, and five to seven
on the inner side [figs. 4 and 5]; the stomata are large and oblong, and the
margins of the leaves are entire. The
sheaths of the leaves about j of an inch m
length around the young leaves, but ver^-
soon deciduous ; pale fawn colour. Male
catkins about 1 inch in length [fig. 6j. Stamens
with a large rounded crest, Cones ovoid, fawn - coloured, from
i) to 2', inches long, and about i j inches braad at the broadest part [fig,
7], Scales with a thick and obtusely pyramidal protuberant apophysis,
somewhat recurvcd; the umbo is slightly depressed and corrugated, but
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