120 THE CONIFEROUS PLANTS OF ITALY. 



may be as well to state had no cones, belong to Pinus Pinea, for 

 the young leaves were ciliated, and the old ones thinner and 

 stiffer than those of P. Pinaster. The variety with shorter 

 leaves and smaller cones seems to prefer the low mountains, 

 whilst the longer leaved, larger coned variety prefers on the 

 contrary sandy plains. The upper limit of this tree is 2800 feet 

 (Mont Pisano), 



This tree is found on the French coast of the Mediterranean, 

 forms large forests (partly planted) on the western shores in the 

 Landes, and extends nortliward as far as Mans. It is also very 

 common on the west of Portugal and the south of Spain. The 

 species of this plant said to have been found in Austria and Hun- 

 gary seem to have been nothing but P. austriaca : Visiani, how- 

 ever, says it grows in the islands of Brazza, Lesina, Curzola. 



6. Pinus Pinea. Lambert. 

 The Stone Pine is found on the sandy coasts of Tuscany and 

 of the States of the Church to the west of the Apennines (Via- 

 reggio, Marchia di Pisa, Ostia), on the hills of Genoa and Tus- 

 cany (Pegli, Sestri, along the Arno, Prato), usually accompanied 

 by, and frequently forming forests with the Pinus Pinaster. The 

 large forest near Ravenna is, according to Bertolini, formed of 

 tliis Pine ; it is also found in the country of Nice (Allioni), but 

 it is doubtful whether it is really wild in these places, or at all 

 events in some of them. On the Pianura del Cavallino, where 

 this tree is in an unfavourable locality, it is low, and has been 

 probably brought there by chance. It is generally cultivated 

 throughout tlie whole of Italy, from the foot of the Alps to Si- 

 cily. It is not commonly found higher than from 1000 to 1500 

 feet, but it occurs in the south of Italy as high as 2000 feet 

 (Ariano). It is found, according to Sibthorp, on the sandy coasts 

 of the Western Peloponnesus, in the same conditions probably as 

 in the middle of Italy ; it is also met with in the island of Meleda 

 (Visiani). Cultivated, it is found on all the shores of the Me- 

 diterranean. 



7. Pinus Halepensis. Lambert. 



This species is not found to the north of the Apennines ; but 

 it is very common to the east and west of these mountains, as 

 well as in Sicily (Genoa, Sestri, Nervi and Chiavari, Carara, 

 Monte- Nero, Terni, Caduta delle Marmore, valley of Nera, 

 Spoleto, between Otricoli and Narni, Capri, Pesto ; according to 

 specimens communicated by Giordano, Gargano, Terranova, on 

 the southern coast of Sicily, near Comiso, as appears from speci- 

 mens sent by Tineo, and on the Madonie, according to the com- 

 munications of Tineo and Gasparini). It grows both on sand 



