CHAX*. CXIII.

CONJ'FERzE. Pi NUS.

2273

Pwffi I

§ xiii. Leiophyllce.

Sect. Char. Leaves long, slender, soft, with caducous sheaths; cones tu-bercled.

* 37. P. leiophy'lla Schiede et Deppe MSS. The smooth-leaved Pine.Identification. Lamb . Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 81.

Engravings. Lamb . Pia, ed. 2., 1. t. 21.; and our./fe. 2186., from Lambert’s figure.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves in fives, very slender; sheaths deciduous. Conesovate, stalked. Scales depressed, truncate. (Lamb . Pin.') Bud closelyresembling that of P. canariensis. (fig- 2102. in p.2261.) Leaves, in theDropmore and Boyton specimens, from 5 in. to 6 in. in length, very slender,and pendent, closely set on the branches, and forming large tufts at theextremities of the shoots. The stem and old wood readily emit leaves andshoots from adventitious buds. A native of Mexico , between Cruzblancaand Jalacinga, in the cold region.

Description. Branchlets covered with a deciduous epidermis. Buds imbri-cated with lanceolate, acuminate, brown scales, scarious, white, and torn onthe margin. Leaves in fives, very slender, triquetrous, mucronate; bicanali-

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