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Show 158 inches in length, aml three and t h t'CC f]U~H·tet·s in its gi'Oate!!t eirrumf(wcnce. H tapers rrgulady fo a point, aml is fot·mcd of the imbricated seal{' , of a hluufly 1·oundrd fo&·m. A tbjn le~tf is insertctl in the J>ith or the cone, which OYCl'Jays tho centre oi~ ami extends half an inch beyoml thl.) point of each scale. The sixth Sllccics docs not. diffm· f&·om what is usually denominated the white pine in Vit·ginia. The unusual length of the cone seems to eonstitntc the only diffct·encc. Jt is somd.imcs sixteen or eighteen inelu·s in length, and is about four in circumference, It grows on the north ide of the Colum\ia, neat· the ocean. The sevmth, and last. S{lecies t;t•ows in low gt·omuls, aud in places frctucntly overflown by the tide, seldom ri~iug l•ighcr than hirty-fiye feet, ami not mo&·c than f&·om two and a half' to four ndiamcter: the stem is situplc, branchin5atH\ prolifcrous: tlc bat·k rcscml>les that of the ti rst species, but more rugged: ·~he leaves at·c acerosc, two-tenths of an inch in width, thrceJ'ourths in length, firm, stiir, and a little acuminated: they cul in shott 110inted tcndl'ils, gil>bou , and thickly scattcn'tlon all sitlcs of the br~mcla, though they adl\ et·c to the tht·cc tmlcr sides only: those inse&'ied on the under side incline si(lc.wist, with upward 1wints, Jlresenting tlte leaf in the shallC o(' a ~the: the Othel'S 111'C JWinting UIJ• wards, sextile and like those of the iil·st species. g•·ow 1'1·om the small triangular I>Cdestals, or u bark, spongy, soft anti elastic. The under disk is of a deep ~lossy green. the othct' of a pale whitish green: the boughs l'e(aiu the leaves of a SiX ycal'S growth: the bud scales resemu!t (}JOse of the first species: the cone is or an ovate figu1·e, three and a half inches in length, ami three in cit·cumfcrenec, thickest in the middle, and tapering and terminating iu two obtuse lloints: it is CODlJloscd of small, Jlexiblc scales, imbricated, and of a reddish brown colom·. Each of these scales covers two small seeds, and is itself covered in the centre by a small, tl~n, inferior scale, acutely pointed; these scalcli VjJ lite JJlissom•i. 15!1 lH·occrd f&·om 1hc sides of the bougl•, as well as from its exl ·emitir s. It was no where seen above the 'Vappatoo. Tbe tem ofthc IJincl\: nldc&· arrives to a. great size. It is simple, branching, and fliirusc: the bal'l\. is smooth, of a 1ight colour, with white spl'cading spots, resembling those of the beech: the kaf, fa·uctificntiou, &c. t·csemblc precisely those of the common alder of oul' eountJ·y: the shr·ubs r.;row separately from uifler·rnt roots. and uot in clusters, like those ofthe Unilcd States. 'J'hc Lla<!k alder docs not cast its Jcaf until the fir·st of llr<•cmuer. It is sometimes found r:gr·owin .... to b the height or sixty OL' seventy feet, ancl is from two to four jn d iamctcr. 3. 'l'hct·c is a t1·ce eommon to the Columbia riYer, below the entrance of Catat·act r·iver, when dcvcste<l of its foliage, much rcscmhliug thr ash. 'l'he tl'unk is simple, branching, a:n\ ditrusc: the leaf is petiolate, plain, diTided by fom· deep lmes, and resembling· those or the palm, ancl considct·ably Jo~atc: the lobes tel'm inn.te iu f•·om tlu·ce to five angulaL· poauts, and their margins arc imlcuted with inegular· ami somcwl1at ci&·c tdat· iuci ·sm·cs: the petiolate is cylindr·ical, ~rnooth, and seven iuchcs long; the leaf itself 'i;.;ht inthes mlength, and twelve in twe.ultlt: t.ltis t1·ce is fr·equently three feet in diamctcl', and r·iscs fr·om l'tn·ty to Hf'ty feet: tbe fruit is a winged seed, somewhat resembJin<" that of the b maple. In the same par(. of the count.•·y thcr·c is also anotber growth, rescmblin~ the white maple OwL ooft mneh f5maJJcr d' v ' ~ ' a~ IS seldom to be seen of' mot·c than six or even inehes in dtametcr• The""e t r·ecs gt·ow m. c I ustcrs, f t·om {J' I't een to twen-ty f~et in height, fr·om the same bed or roots, S[H'eading, and l~anmg outwards: the twigs ar·e long a.ud slender, tlte stem su~ple and bt·anehing, tbc bar·k, in coloul', I'Cs!'ntlJiin;; the w!utc maple, the leaf is petiolate, plain, scat~er·Nl .• nearly ctr?ular, With acute, auguJa&· incissures round the margin. of an lllolt in length, and from six to eight in number: the acute |