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Properties and Uses. The resin, Douglas observes, “ which exudes fromthe trees of P. Lambertidnu, 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, since my 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 Uinptqna Indians, is ndt-cleh.” {Ibid., p. 499.)

? 42. P. ( S .) monti'coi.a Doug/. The Mountain, or short-leaved Wey-mouth, Pine.

Identification. Lamb. Pin.ed. 2., vol. 2., after P.Sabini^rt/i, 3. t. 87.

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

Spec. Charac., fyc.Leaves in fives,short, smoothish,obtuse. Conescylindrical, andsmooth; scalesloose, pointed.(D. Don.) Buds,in the plant in theLondon Horti-cultural Society’sGarden, small, re-sembling those ofP. LambertfaW.Leaves from3)in.to4in. long, with-out the sheaths.Cone , from Dou-glas’s specimen,

1 in. long, and1Jin. broad; ra-ther obtuse atthe point; scalesJin. broad at thewidest part, andfrom IJ in. to

2 in. long, andcovered with re-sin. Seed small,Ts-m. long, andiVin. broad; withthe wing, 1J in.long, an d j in.broad. Cotyle-dons ? A nativeof the high moun-tains, atthe Grand Rapids of the Co-lumbia ; and inCalifornia , on the

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