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it to me after his return to England, witli leaves in pairs, the 

 length of the Scotch Pine, and with very persistent ovate cones 

 about one inch and three-quarters long. Mr. Winterbottom 

 could not learn that it was found in a wild state in Nepal, but 

 only that it had been planted, where he found it, in the Kath- 

 mandoo Garden several years. 



It has also been distributed from the Russian Gardens under 

 the name of Pinus intermedia (as connecting or being inter- 

 mediate between the two and three-leaved kinds), having fre- 

 quently two and three leaves in a sheath. 



No. 10. Pinus Mugho, Bauhin, the Mugho Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus uncinata, Raymond. 

 ,, „ sylvestris Mugho, Bauhin. 

 ,, „ Mughus, Loudon. 



Leaves, two in a sheath, from one to two inches long, twisted, 

 rather broad, stijQf, not spreading, and of a dull green colour. 

 Cones, one and a half to two inches long, ovate and stalkless, 

 growing two or three together, rather erect, with hooked scales, 

 more fully developed on the outer side, and full of resinous 

 matter. Branches, ascending and numerous, thickly covered 

 with foliage, and with a brownish grey bark. Wood, heavy, 

 close-grained, red, and very durable, forming in favourable 

 situations a small tree thirty feet high. 



It is found in the mountains extending from the Pyrenees 

 eastward, the Alps of South- Western and Central Europe, with 

 the following varieties : — 



Pinus Mugho rostrata, Antoine, the Beaked Mugho Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus uncinata, Widdrington. 

 „ „ Montana, Baumann. 

 „ „ echinata, Hort. 

 „ „ rubrgeflora, Loudon. 

 „ „ sanguinea, Lapeyrouse. 



This variety differs in the scales of the cones being greatly 

 elevated, and hooked or beaked at the points, much larger than 



