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A U B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U f l l B R I T A N N I C U M .
by Douglas, 2 in. long, and
Ifin . broad (see fig . 1838.).
Seeds (a in fig. 1838., and ò
. in fig . 1835.) above 1 in. long,
and nearly in. broad, much
larger than those of P. Coulteri
shown at a in fig . 1835. ;
wing very short. Shoots of
the current year covered with
violet-coloured bloom, like
those of P. inops, but darker.
A large tree. U[)per California.
Height 40 to 110 ft., rarely
140 ft. Introduced in 1832.
Piants have not yet floweretl
in England. Hort. Soc.
Douglas describes the leaves
as in threes, very rarely in fours ;
from 11 in. to 14 in. long ; shai-j),
round, and smootli on the outside,
angular on the inside ; serrated,
more widely and conspicuously
so towards the point ;
erect, but fiaccid and drooping
(luring winter. Shcatli 1-^ in.
long, light brown, chalfy, sometimes
torn at tlie top. Stipules
1837. P. SahMàva.
lanceolate and rigid, Male and female catkins erect. Flowers a[)peariiig in
February and March. Cones of a bright green when young ; at the end of the
first season, measuring from 6 in. to 8 in. round, and being then of a more
rounded form than they ai'e when [lerfect, in the November of the following
year (see fig. 1836.) ; when mature, ovate, recurved, pressing on the shoots
E x x v ii. coNi'rEUiE ; z^Pn u s . 9 8 5
lo.%, and nearly J ¡„. broad; shell thiek, hard, brown; wing yellow short
stiff, and half the length of the seed, which it nearly encompasses ■’kernel’
pleasant to the taste. Cotyledons from 7 to 1 2 . The tree does nót attain
quite so large a size as ihe other gigantic species of the genns which inhabit
the northern and western parts of North America. The largest and most
iitecteuie'™ No t e reg "» “ ® 'he western flank of
?l 1 I J » great elevation above the level of the sea,
a d leoo ft. below the verge of perpetual snow, in the parallel of 40° N lat
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I 24. P. (S.) C o u 'l te r /D . Don. Coulter’s, or ¿/¡e greni Wred, Pine
Identification. Don in Lin. Trans.. 17. d. 440 • I nmh Pin 4 ot» «• t»» l
¡.assage referred’ to mi,V ¡Aour o 't i l i i im r e f i f r S o , thfe *>>' D r U to l« ! '¡o the &“* s s& í.‘a5 í3sa-i#^5sasa to be the .ri,e"pfro\|."erTfOT w?ie“h " to™ ““ “
Spec. Char. 4c. Leaves in threes, very long, compressed ; sheaths
ragged Cones oblong, sohtary, very large; scales wedge-shaped
with the apex elongated, thickened, lanceolate, mucronate, com!
Iiressed, hooked (D . D on.) Buds, on the tree in the Horticultural
bocietys Cxarden (see Jig. 1839.), 1 in. long, and fi-om fin .
to J. in. broad ; conical, pointed, convex on the sides, imbricated ;
the scales of the buds adpressed, brown, and not covered with
resin. Leaves of the young plants 9 in. long, and of the dried
specimens in the lierbiiriiim of the Horticultural Society upwards
of 10 in. long ; of the same glaucous hue as those of P. Sabin-
laua, but not turned downwards at any stage of their growth.
Loiies (see fig. 1841., to our usual scale) sent home by Douglas
1 tt. m length, and G in. in breadth ; scales of the cones 3 in
long, and from IJ in. to fiin . broad. Scales (see fig . 1835
c) from 3 i in. to 4 in long, and from I-iin. to Ifin . broad ; in fc. I84I
at a, a front view of the hook of
the scale is given, of the natural
size. Seed (see fig. 1835. a) brown,
fliittisli, from J in. to f in. in length,
and I in. in breadth, without the
wing ; with the wing 1 in. in lengtli ;
wing stiff, light brown, and nearly
encompassing the seed. Cotyledons,?.
The seed of P. Sabini«««
IS much larger than that of P.
CoCilteri, as .shown at « and i in fig.
1835. Shoots of the current year
covered with a violet-coloured glaucous
bloom, like those of P. inops,
but darker. A large tree. California,
on the mountains of Santa Lucia In
lat. 36°, at an elevation of 3000 ft. to
4000 ft. above the level of the sea.
Height 80 ft. to 100 It. Introd. 1832.
It has not yet flowered in England.
Variety.
Í P. (S .) C. 2 véra. — See the
synonyines above. ,s.,