188 TORCH PINE 



scale ; stamens yellow, with a broad deeply-toothed anther- 

 process. 



Female flowers ovoid, greenish, reflexed, singly or 

 more rarely in pairs or in pseudo-whorls of three. 



Cone ovoid or sub-globose, very large, 815 x 7 

 10 cm., pale brown and equally developed, often depressed 

 at the base and very resinous. Apophysis rounded at its 

 upper margin, or nearly pentagonal, convex, shining, with 

 5 6 radiating ridges, of which two are horizontal. Umbo 

 very large, grey-white, blunt. 



** Needles in threes on the dwarf shoots, and 

 triangular in section, rather acute and of 

 a pleasant green, 150 200 mm. long; 

 cones in pairs, or whorled, 4 5, long- 

 ovoid, 80 120 mm., shining pale brown 

 with a sharp umbo. 



P. Tceda, L. Torch Pine. An American Pine of large 

 dimensions, with reddish-brown broadly-fissured bark and 

 spreading habit. Cones about 12cm. long, sessile, divari- 

 cate, oblong-conic; apophysis swollen, dark brown, with 

 a small reflexed subulate umbo. 



[There are some other three-needled Pines in cultiva- 

 tion, some of which have enormous leaves and cones 

 e.g. P. Coulteri up to 300 mm. long each, but they are 

 not often seen.] 



(/3) Scales of cones loosely imbricated and 

 hardly thickened; apophysis half-rhom- 

 boidal, oblique, with terminal umbo. 

 Needles in fives. 



* Cones ellipsoid and short, 50 80 mm., crest 

 violet when young, then dull brown ; 

 c cones 10 20 mm., brownish red ; male 



