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Properties and Uses. The resin, Douglas observes, “ which exudes fromthe trees of P. Lambertidncr, when they are partly burned, loses its usualflavour, and acquires a sweet taste; in which state it is used by the natives assugar, being mixed with their food. The seeds are eaten roasted, or arepounded into coarse cakes for their winter store. I have, sincemy return,beeninformed by Mr. Menzies, that, when he was on the coast of California withCaptain Vancouver, in 1793, seeds of a large pine, resembling those of thestone pine, were served at the dessert by the Spanish priests resident there.These were, no doubt, the produce of the species now noticed. The vernacularname of it in the language of the Umptqua Indians, is ndt-cleh ( Ibid ., p. 499.)

f 42. P. ( S.) monti'cola Doug!. The Mountain, or short-leaved Wey-mouth , Pine.

Identification. Lamb. Pin.ed. 2., vol. 2., after P.Sahinmaet, 3. t. 87.

Engravings. Lamb. Pin.,3. t. 87., and our Jigs.2208. and 2209., fromDouglas’s specimens inthe herbarium of theHorticultural Society.

Spec. Charae., SfC.Leaves in fives,short, smoothish,obtuse. Conescylindrical, andsmooth; scalesloose, pointed.( I). Don.) Buds,in the plant in theLondon Horti-cultural Society’sGarden, small, re-sembling those ofP. Lamberti««ff.Leaves from 3 J- in.to 4in. long, with-out the sheaths.Cone, from Dou-glas’s specimen,7 in. long, andIf in. broad; ra-ther obtuse atthe point; scales3 in. broad at thewidest part, andfrom If in.* to2 in. long, andcovered with re-sin. Seed small,-3g in. long, andJgdn. broad; withthe wing, It in.long, and J in.broad. Cotyle-d,ons ? A nativeof the high moun-tains, at the GrandRapids of the Co-lumbia ; and inCalifornia, on the

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