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ARBORETUM AND FRUT1CETUM.

PART III.

Spec. Ckar. t SfC. Leaves in fives, slender ; sheathspersistent. Cones conical, half the length of theleaves ; scales thickened at the apex, with verysmall mucros. (Lois.) The following characterof this pine is given by M. Loiseleur Deslong-champs in the Nouveau Du Hamel , from a speci-men with perfect cones, preserved in the herba-rium of M. Poiteau, who gathered it himselfin its native country. The leaves of this pineare very slender, from 6 in. to 8 in. long, in fives;sheath about Jin. long, not caducous, as in P.Strdbus and P. Ctmbra. At the base of the leavesis a lanceolate scale, a few lines long. The conesare about Sin. long; the scales are swelled attheir upper extremity, and angular; having anumbilicus on the summit, terminated by a small,straight, very slender point. This pine is a nativeof the mountains of St. Domingo. There is rea-son to believe that it may be acclimatised in thesouth of France , as snow occasionally falls on themountains where it is indigenous. In the BonJardinier , M. Poiteau observes that he met withthis pine in abundance in St. Domingo, in thequarter of Saint Suzanne , where it grows to theheight of from 25 ft. to 30 ft., with leaves 6 in.long, of a fine green, and cones somewhat largerthan those of P. sylvestris .

f. 36. P. Montezu'al® Lamb. Monte-zuma’s, or the rough-branched. Mex-ican, Pine .

Identification. Lamb. Pin., 1.1 22.

Synonyme. P. occidental^ Kunth in Humb. etBonp. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pi., 2. p. 4., Deppe inSchlecht. Linnaa , 5. p. 76.

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1.1. 22 ; and ourfigs. 2184. and 2185., from Lambert.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in fives, erect, triquetrous; sheaths about 1 in. long, persistent Con<»oblong, about 9in. long, tuberculate. (Lamb. Pin.) A native ofOrizaba, and other mountains 01Mexico .

Description. A tall tree. Branchlets covered with a thick scabrous bark. Leaves generally infives, rarely in threes or fours, stipular, persistent, lanceolate, much pointed, with ciliated and tornscales ; erect, waved, somewhat rigid, triquetrous, callous and mucronate, glaucous green, markedwith many parallel dotted lines; slightly bicanaliculate above, flattish beneath, 6 in. long.; angles ere-

nulated, scabrous; sheaths 1 in. to ljin. long, persistent; scales amentaceous, ciliate and torn on

the margin, bright brown. Male catkins cylindrical, 1 in. long, with many imbricated, oval, ciha|®“scales at the base. Appendage to the anthers roundish, convex, coriaceous, membranaceous on tnemargin, torn, and crenulated. Cones oblong, tubercled, bright brown, thicker at the base, a uttieattenuated towards the apex, about 6 in. long; scales elevatedat the apex, bluntly tetragonal, trun-cate, very thick. (Lamb.) Mr. Lambert says: “ Baron Humboldt has referred this species to P. oc-cidentals Swartz; but I have ventured to separate it, as the size of the cones, which may, in gene 1 *'*be relied on, as indicating a specific distinction in this genus, differs so much.” Those described WSwartz are only 3 in. long, whereas those of P. MontezSnue are more than double that length.