In the forest here we saw innumerable pine-trees with trunks of ample girth but no proportionate height. The lowest branches were as long as the uppermost and the tops were missing. It looked as if all the branches came from one central point as on a palm-tree, and the upper branches looked as though they had been pruned. I attribute this to the nature of the soil and am filled with wonder that even nature seeks to clip its trees; I therefore call them ‘Pinus plicatae’.11