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gnawed, imbri-cated backwards(Don in Lamb .

Pin.) Leaves1J in. long.

Cone 6 Jin. long,sessile; 2J in.broad,triangular:out the bractea,

1J in. long, andthe same inbreadth;bractea| in. long. Seedsmall, irregular;with the wing,

(i in. in length.

Wing jj-in. broadin the widestpart. Cotyle-dons,?. Nativesof the north-west of NorthAmerica , whereit was discover-ed by Douglas,and introducedin 1831.

Description, Sfc.

A large tree, withcinnamon colour-ed bark. Leavescrowded, 2-rowed,linear, falcate, forthe most partacute, compressedtrigonal; flat a-hove, marked witha depressed line;silvery beneath ;scarcely 1 in. long.

Cones solitary, la-teral, cylindrical,

thick; brownish; 6—7 in. long, and 8—9 in. in circumference : scaleslamelli-form, stipulate, copiously covered with minute down; incurved and quiteentire on the margin. Bracteoles much ex-serted, spathulate, adpressed backwards, im-bricated ; laminae dilated, membranaceous ;points elongated, awl-shaped, rigid. Seedsoblong, with a coriaceous testa; wing broad, 1axe-shaped, thinly membranaceous, pale-co-loured ; nearly allied to P. Fraseri, but withcones five times as large. {Lamb .) Accordingto Douglas {Comp. Bot. Mag., ii. p. 147.), thisis a majestic tree, forming vast forests upon themountains of Northern California , and produc-ing timber of excellent quality. “ I spent threeweeks in a forest composed of this tree,” he says, “ and, day by day, couldnot cease to admire it.” The plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden

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