212 CONUEKS COLI.ECTKD IN UPPER CAElFOKiNIA. 



some of tliein were distributed will require to be altered, in con- 

 sequence of" their having previously had other names assigned 

 to them by the late Professor Don ; but as jNIr. Don's materials 

 Mere very imperfect, so his descriptions were defective and in- 

 accurate, which led Mr. Hartweg into the error of giving new 

 names to kinds previously published. As Mr. Don's names have 

 priority, I propose in the present instance to cancel such of Mr. 

 Hartweg's names as require it, and to rectify Mr. Don's de- 

 scriptions. 



No. J. PiNUS Benthamiana. Hartweg, in Hort. Soc. Journ., 

 vol. ii. p. 189. 



Leaves in threes, thickly set on the branches, dark green, and 

 resembling those of the Pinaster, but much longer, usually 11 

 inches in length, very stout, rather fiat, with a slight elevated 

 rib running along their inner side. Sheaths partly persistent, 

 nearly an inch in length on those of the young shoots, slightly 

 shaggy, except at the extremity, where they are very ragged 

 or torn. Seed-leaves on the young plants from seven to eight 

 in number, and rather long. Branches rather numerous, very 

 stout, spreading, and rather irregular, with the bark rough. 

 Buds large, dark brown, much imbricated, and destitute of re- 

 sinous matter, or nearly so. Cones, in clusters of three or four 

 together, slightly pendulous, and quite straight, six inches in 

 length, and two and a half broad at the widest part, which is 

 rather below the middle ; th^i base is unequal sided, owing to 

 the numerous veiy small scales there, curving to one side, and 

 forming a kind of hood round the base of the cone, which is 

 quite sessile. Scales largest at the widest part of the cone, 

 which is about one-third from the base, then diminishing gra- 

 dually towards the point, which is ratlier blunt ; those scales 

 nearest the base are very small, particularly the first four or five 

 rows, and are more elevated in the centre, which is terminated 

 by a stout broad point ; the larger scales are rather thin and 

 nearly flat, f of an inch broad and ^ an inch deep, with a 

 slightly elevated ridge across the middle of each, which is ter- 

 minated in the centre by a very short stout spine, quite straight : 

 each cone has from thirteen to fifteen rows of scales. Male 

 flowers large, cylindrical, and in large compact clusters; each 

 scale contains within it two seeds, which are rather below the 

 middle size ; but with wings rather more than an inch in length 

 and half an inch in breadth. 



This noble Pine, which seems to be entirely a mountain spe- 

 cies, sometimes attains the height of 200 feet, with a stem 28 

 feet in circumference. Mr. Hartwes: first met with it on the 



