138 SCOTS PINE 



[For (**) * Crown tapering to a point, owing to the 



see p. 155.] prolongation of the stem through it as a 



leader. Foliage clothing the stem from 

 base to apex, or nearly so. General shape 

 cylindroid-conic, ovoid-conic, or narrow 

 pyramidal. Upper branches shorter than 

 the lower. 



(Terms like ' pyramidal-pointed,' ' pointed-conical,' 

 'ovoid-acute/ ' spiriforrn,' and 'tapering' also apply, but 

 the shapes are not sufficiently definite and constant to be 

 classified further.) 



[For (ft) f Branches in pseudo-whorls i.e. inserted at 



ee P' -" definite intervals at the same, or nearly the 



same, levels round the stem and radiating 

 thence. Upper branches shorter than lower. 

 All are Conifers. 



[For (Q0) Branches sweeping forwards, and up-turned 



see p. 144.] at ^ enc i s ^ which b ear tassel-like masses of 



long needles in tufts of 2 5. 

 /~~7 Needles 2 in each tuft; cones ovoid 



more or less pointed. 

 Needles short and stiff, 50 60 mm. 

 long. Cones dull brown, about 40 

 50 mm. long. 



Pinus sylvestris, L. Scots Pine (Figs. 7, 16). Any 

 height up to 80 feet or more, but not usually of the narrow 

 pyramidal form after 30 feet or so (see p. 67). The upper 

 branches are obliquely ascending and green; the lower, 

 horizontal or curving down and then upturned at the ends, 

 which are tufted and sweep forwards and often upwards, 

 with orange-red periderm. Young foliage bluish-glaucous. 

 Bark orange-sienna-brown, scaling. 



Pinus montana, usually of rambling shrubby habit, is 

 sometimes similarly pyramidal, and is distinguished by 

 its browner bark, shining cones and other details. 



