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anil in the Duke of Devonshire’s villa at Chiswick , are from 3 ft. to 5 ft.in height. It is needless to say that such a pine ought to be in everycollection. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 51. each.
t 28. P. Teoco'te Schiede et Deppe. The Teocote, or twisted-leaved, Pine.
Identification. Schiede et Deppe in Schlecht Linnsea, 5. p. 76.; Lamb . Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 20.Engravings. Lamb . Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 20., from specimens furnished by MM. Schiede and Deppe, thediscoverers; and out figs. 2173. and 2174., from Lambert’s figures, and from a specimen of a livingplant at Boyton.
Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in threes, com-pressed, flexuose, scabrous ; sheathsabout J in. long. Cones ovate,smoothish. (Lamb . Pin.) A nativeof Mount Orizaba, near Vera Cruz ,in Mexico . Introduced by A. B. Lam-bert, Esq., in 1826, or before.Description. Branchlets very leafy, witha persistent epidermis. Buds imbricatedwith lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate, andtorn scales. Leavesin threes, erect,rigid, compressed,acute, tortuous ;light green, bica-naliculate above,slightly convex be-neath, very smooth;the intermediateslightly prominent, angle, and the mar-gins, erenulated,scabrous; sheathscylindrical, about1 in. in lengtn, persistent, torn on themargin. Cones ovate-oblong, drooping,smoothish, scarcely Sin. long; scales di-lated at the apex, somewhat trapezoidal,much depressed; in the young cones alwaysmutic. (Lamb .) This is a very rare species ;there being no plants of it either at Drop-more or in the Horticultural Society’sGarden. Indeed, so far as we are aware,it exists in no other collection in Britain ,than that of Mr. Lambert at Boyton.
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i 29. P . pa'tula Schiede et Deppe MSS. The spreading-Zcaucd Pine.
Identification. Lamb . Pin., ed. 1., t 19.
Engravings. Lamb . Pin., ed. 2., 1.1.19.; and figs. 2175. and 2176., from Mr. Lambert’s figure.
Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves in threes, very slender, 2-channeled, spreading;
sheaths about 1 in. long. Cones ovate-oblong, polished. (Lamb . Pin.)A native of Mexico , at Malpayo de la Joya, in the cold region, whereit was discovered by MM. Schiede and Deppe, and introduced intoEngland by Mr. Lambert.
Description. Branchlets covered with a smooth, ash-lead-coloured, andpersistent epidermis. Scales of the bud lanceolate, acuminate, carinate,rigid, thread-like, and ciliate. Leaves in threes, slender, recurved andspreading; soft, light green; deeply hicanaliculate above, convex beneath,