CHAP. CXIII.

CONl'FElliE- Pl'NUS.

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marked with many dotted lines;6 in. to 9 in. long; the intermediatesomewhat prominent angle, andthe margins, sharply serrated,scabrous ; sheaths cylindrical, 1 in.to ljin. long; apex and marginof the scales thread-like and cili-ated. Cones ovate-oblong, smooth,about 4 in. long; scales dilated atthe apex, much depressed, flattish,somewhat trapezoidal; in the

young cone, mucronulate. (Lamb.)Mr. Lambert states that he hasfigured this species from specimensreceived from MM. Schiede andDeppe, and that he could addnothing more than that it is abun-dantly different from every otherspecies of the genus. He has aplant at Boyton, which, in 1837,was 6 ft. high.

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§ xi. Llave anae.

Sect. Char. Sheaths of the leaves caducous. Cones slightly tubercled,without prickles.

1 30. P. Llave^'tm Otto. La Llave’s Pine.

Identification. The name affixed to the plant sent by M. Otto to the Horticultural Society.

Engravings. Our figs. 2180. and 2181., from specimens of the tree in the London HorticulturalSociety’s Garden.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves short, narrow, triquetrous, slightly twisted, inthickly set tufts on the branches, of a glaucous green. Branches in regularwhorls, smooth, of an ash grey, declining towards the stem. Budsexceedingly small, in form, and in every other respect, like those ofP. halepensis; the buds are scarcely i in. long, and from -A- in. toA in. broad; roundish, with two or three smaller buds. (See fig.2177.) Leaves generally in threes, often in twos, and sometimesin fours, varying from If in. to 2f in. in length ; flat on the uppersurface, and cylindrical, with a rib below; sheaths short, and ca-ducous. Cones conical, pointed, 2Ain. long, and If in. broad (seefig. 2179); scale fin. long, and fin. broad; slightly tubercled, andwithout prickles. Seed, ? A very handsome species, a native of 2177Mexico. The plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden was received fromM. Otto of Berlin, about 1830; and, in 1837, was about 4 ft. 6 in. high. Itseems quite hardy, and likely to form one of the most elegant species of the