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Hartweg in his Journal. It is the * Obispo,' or Bishop's Pine 

 of the Californians, and quite hardy. 



No. 12. PiNUS Pallasiana, Lambert, the Taurian Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Taurica, Hort. 

 „ „ Laricio Pallasiana, Loudon. 



Leaves, in twos, very long, sharp-pointed, erect, rigid, five 

 or six inches long, and channelled above ; smooth, crowded, 

 and of a shining dark green ; sheaths, short, half an inch long, 

 covered with scales and torn on the margin ; white when young, 

 but dark brown when old. Buds, ovate, one inch and a quarter 

 long, and resinous, with the sides hollow. Branches, scattered 

 irregularly along the stem, robust and incurved upwards, with 

 some of the lower ones almost equal to the trunk in size. 

 Cones, ovate-oblong, tapering to the point, without footstalks, 

 often curved near the end, four or five inches long, and one 

 inch and three quarters broad, at the widest part near the 

 base ; horizontal or incurved downwards, mostly single, or in 

 threes round the branches, and of an ash-grey colour. Scales, 

 rhomboid, half an inch broad, slightly elevated, and enlarged 

 at the base ; smooth, and terminated by a slight ridge, with a 

 very small prickle in the centre. Seeds, middle size, with a 

 broad wing. 



A large pyramidal tree, seventy or eighty feet high, confined 

 to the central regions of the Crimea, forming considerable 

 forests on the western declivity of the lofty mountains which 

 extend along the coast of the Black Sea. 



Timber, very knotty, resinous, and very durable. 



It is quite hardy. 



No. 13. Pinus Persica, Strangways, the Persian Pine. 



Leaves, in twos, twisted, rather stiff, sharp-pointed, and not 

 spreading ; dense, and tufted towards the end of the branches ; 

 of various lengths, from two to five inches long, deep green, 

 channelled on the inner side, and convex on the outer one, 

 with the edges rough and finely serrated ; seldom remaining 



