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i 41. P. (&) Lambert 7^V-4 Dougl. The gigantic , or Lambert’s, Pine.

Identification. Dougl. in Lin. Trans., 15. p. 500. j Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1.1. 34. 5 Lawson’s Manual,p. 351.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1835. <w>r

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 34.; our fig. 2206., to our usual scale ; and figs. 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,rougbish ; sheaths very short. Conesthick, very long, cylindrical; scales loose,roundish. (Douglas.) Buds, in the spe-cimen from the Horticultural Socie-ty’s Garden, J- in. long, and J in.broad ; roundish, pointed, and with3 smaller buds. (See fig. 2203.)Leaves 2fin. to 3 in. long; inDouglas’s specimens, 4J in. and5 in. long. Cones from 14 in. to16 in. long, and said to be some-times 18 in. long, and 4 in. indiameter in the widest part;scales 1 in. wide, and nearly 2 in.22°3 long. Seed large, oval, Jin. 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. LambertiVow growsfrom 150 ft. to above 200 It. in height, varying from 20 ft. to near 60 ft. ine jr "cumference. One specimen, which had been blown down by the wind, and whicwas certainly not the largest, was of the following dimensions : — Its entirelength was 215 ft.; its circumference, at 3 ft. from the ground, was 57 ft. 9 W-,and at 134 ft. from the ground, 17 ft. 5 in. The trunk is unusually straight, an