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Finns — continued. 



Fig. 183. Branch of Pints pyrenaica bri'Tia. 



P. rlgida (stiff), l. lip:ht green, rigid, triquetrous, with roundish 

 elites, sharp-pointed, from 3in. to 5iii. long, coves ovoid, aboxit 

 3in. long ; scale.s terminating in sharp, hooked prickles. /;. 70ft., 

 but only from 30ft. to 45ft. in England. Eastern ITnited States, 

 1759. This species is much liranched at the top, and forms 

 a dense head. 



Fig. 184. Cone of Pinus Sabiniana (much reduced). 



Finns — continued. 



P. Strobus (Stvobus),* Weymouth Pine. I. light green, marked 

 with silvery lines, slender, soft, 3in. to 5in. long. cones 

 cylindrical, tapering, slightly curved. 6in. to 8in. long ; scales 

 smooth, thickened at the apex. Branches often short, k. 120ft. 

 to 160ft. North America, 1705. A handsome tree, but inferior 



Fig. 185. Portion of Branciilet, with Two Clusters of 

 Leavf-s of Pinus Strobus. 



to P. excelsa, to which it is very clo.sely allied. See Fig. 185. 

 The variety nana is a small, compact, bushy shrub, with short, 

 slender branches and numerous branchlets. The leaves are 

 shorter than those of the species, and densely clustered at the 

 extremities of the branchlets. There are several other but in- 

 ferior varieties. 



P. Sabiniana (Sabine's). /. glaucous-bluish-gi-een 

 flanid, pendulous, slightly twisted, rounded on 

 tlie outer, and with a prominent rib on the 

 inner, siile. cones from 7in. to 9in. long, 5in. 

 to Tin. in (Uameter, very resinous ; scales hard, 

 strong, large, terminating in a sharp, bard, 

 solid point. Branches horizontal, usually having 

 a bare appeai^ance. //. 40ft. to 60ft. California, 

 1832. " In England, it is tolerably hardy, but 

 .somewhat fastidious as to soil and situation. In 

 favourable spots, where it has attained a con- 

 siderable size, it proves to be a very distinct, and 

 by no means inelegant, tree, its long, pendulous 

 leaves and slender but crooked branches being 

 notable characteristics ; but all defects are am- 

 ply atoned for by its tine cones, which almost 

 rival those of f. maci-ocarpa [P. Coulteri] in size 

 and ci.lour" (Veitch). See Fig. 184. 



rather 



Fig. 186. Cone of Pinus sylvestris. 



P, sylvestris (sylvan).* Deal Wood ; Fir-tree ; Scotch or Wild 

 Pine. ?. dense, of a glaucous hue, from Uin. to 2hi. long, but 

 shorter on old trees ;' slieaths small, persistent, nearly black. 

 conea solitary or two or three together, about 2in. long, tapering 

 towards the'apex ; tops of the scales elevated and ridged, with 

 a square or triquetrous outline, and a .small shield with a 



P. Slnclairiana (Sinclair's). 

 /'. poiulerosa. 



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