f i ' ‘ ' ini '
11 falcate, fot thè most part acute, compresseci
trigonal ; flat above, marked with a depressed
line ; silvery beneath ; scarcely 1 in. long.
Cones solitary, lateral, cylindrical, thick,
brownish ; 6 in. to7in. long, and 8 in. to 9 in. in
circumference ; scales lamellilbrm, stipulate, copiously
covered with minute down ; incurved,
and quite entire on the margin. Bracteoles
much exserted,spathulate,adpressed backwards,
imbricated ; laminæ dilated, membranaceous ;
points elongated, awl-shaped, rigid. Seeds
oblong, with a coriaceous testa ; wing broad,
P . nóbilis.
axe-shaped, thinly membranaceous, pale-co-
loured ; nearly allied to P. Fràserì, but with cones five times as large.
(L a ñ é .) According to Douglas (Comp. Bot. Mag., ii. p. 147.), this is a
maiestic tree, forming vast forests upon the mountains of Northern California,
and producing timber of excellent quality. " I spent three weeks in a forest
composed of this tree,” he says, “ and, day by day, could not cease to adinire it.”
Î 1 1 . P. b k a o te a 'ta . The fcqjy-bracted Silver Fir.
Synonymes. Pinus bracteàta D. Don in I.in. Trans. 17. p. 44.3., Lamb. Pin. 3. ; P . venústa Dovei,
in Comp, to Bot. Mag. 2. p. 152.
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 91. ; and our/g-. 19G4, from Lambert.
Siiec. Char., S/c. Leaves 2-rowetl, linear, mucronate, flat, silvery beneath,
(■¡ones ovate. Bracteoles 3-lobed ; the middle division very long, leaf-like,
recurved. (D. Bon.) Cones 4 in. long. Bractea nearly 2 in. long. Leaves
2 in. long. A large tree. California. Height 121 ft. D i s c o v e r e d by Douglas
in 1832, and about the same period by Dr. Coulter, but not yet introduced.
Tbe trunk rises to the height of 120 ft. ; is very slender, not exceeding 2 ft.
in circumference ; and as straight as an arrow. The upper third of the tree is
clothed with branches, giving it the appearance of an elongated pyramid. The
branches are spreading ; the lower ones are decumbent. The bracteas are low
and recurved, and but little changed from the ordinary leaves, which gives the
cones a singular appearance. When on the tree, being in great clusters, and
at a great height withal, the cones resemble the inflorescence of a Banks£a. •
D. Natives o f Mexico.
Î 12. P. liELiGio'sA. The sacred Silver Fir.
Synonyme. P in u s religiósa Uumh. et
'K u n th Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bl. 2. p. 5.,
Schiede et Deppe in Schlecht. Lin næ a 5.
p. 77. Lamb. Bin. 1 .1. 43. ; J 'b ie s religiósa
Lindl. in Benny Cyc.
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 43., and vol.
3. t 95. ; and our figs. 1965. to 1967. from
specimens sent home by Hartweg.
Spec. Char., 4c- Leaves linear,
acute, quite entire, somewhat
pectinate. Cones roundish-
oval ; scales trapezoideo-cor-
date, lamelliform ; bracteoles
the length of the scales, spathu-
late-oblong, sharply dentato-
serrate J wings of the seed
plicate. {!). Don.) Leaves
1-^ in. long. Cones 2 |in . long,
and 2^ in. broad. Seed small
and irregular. Cotyledons, ?.
A tall tree. Mexico, on the u'gs. />. veiigii-amountains
of Anganguco, at „ , ,
8000 or 9000 feet above the sea. Height 100 ft. to 150 ft., with a trunk 5 it.
I'JfiS. p. rcllKiòsn.