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PART III.

* 41. P. (.S'.) LambertdTjm Dougl. The gigantic, or Lambert’s, Pine.

Identification. Dougl. in Lin. Trans., 15. p. 500. j Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 34. ; Lawson's Manual,p. 361.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 34.; our fig. 2206., to our usual scale ; andjSgs. 2203. to 2205.,of the natural size; the cone and scale from Douglas’s specimens in the Horticultural Society’sherbarium, and the buds and leaves from the tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.

Spec. Char., &c. Leaves in fives, rigid,roughish ; sheaths very short. Conesthick, very long, cylindrical; scales loose,roundish, (j Douglas.) Buds, in the spe-cimen from the Horticultural Socie-

! ty’s Garden, a in. long, and -} in.broad ; roundish, pointed, and with3 smaller buds. (See fig. 2203.)

Leaves 2)in. to 3 in. long; inDouglas’s specimens, 4) in. and3 in. long. Cones from 14 in. to16 in. long, and said to be some-times 18 in. long, and 4 in. infy diameter in the widest part;v'." scales 1-i in. wide, and nearly 2in.

2203 long. Seed large, oval, |-in. long,and nearly | in. broad ; dark brown :wing dark brown, and, with the seed,

If in. long, and A in. broad in the widestpart. Native of the north-west coast ofNorth America, where it was discoveredby Douglas ; and introduced into Eng-land in 1827.

Description. According to Douglas, “ the trunk of P. Lambertidna growsfrom 130 ft. to above 200 ft. in height, varying from 20 ft. to near 60 ft. in cir-cumference. One specimen, which had been blown down by the wind, and whichwas certainly not the largest, was of the following dimensions : — Its entirelength was 213 ft.; its circumference, at 3 ft. from the ground, was 57 ft. 9 in.,and at 134 ft. from the ground, 17 ft. 5 in. The trunk is unusually straight, and