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Straw colour intermixed with the green ones, but sometimes the 

 entire shoot is composed of all white, and sometimes of all green 

 leaves. 



No. 15. PiNUS PiNEA, L., the Italian Stone Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus sativa, Bauhin. 



„ domestica, Matth — . 



„ densiflora, Siebold. 



„ Pinea Arctica, Hort. 



„ Aracanensis, Knight. 



,, Pinea Chinensis, Knight. 



„ ,, Americana, Hort. ' 



,, Maderiensis, Tenore. 



Leaves, in twos, from five to eight inches long, straight, very- 

 robust, and of a deep shining green ; those on the young plants 

 consist of a glaucous single bract-like leaf, thickly set on the 

 shoots, and without any sheaths, and from amongst which after- 

 wards spring the true leaves. Sheaths, when young, half an 

 inch long, but afterwards become torn, and reduced to half their 

 size. Cones, from five to six inches in length, and nearly round 

 or bluntly ovate, of a pale brownish glossy colour, very solid, 

 and not coming to maturity before the third year. Scales, large, 

 from two to two inches and a half in length, and one inch 

 and a half broad, with the thickened part pyramidal, and 

 frequently six-sided, but mostly having but four ribs, from the 

 four angles, which terminate in a blunt prickle. Seeds, very 

 large, three quarters of an inch long, with rather a broad, but 

 very short wing. Seed-leaves, from nine to ten in number. 



A low tree, with a round bushy appearance, from fifteen to 

 twenty feet high, which produces the Carpathian Balsam. It 

 is found on the sandy coasts of Tuscany, and the States of the 

 Church; to the west of the Apennines, on the hills of Genoa 

 and Tuscany, frequently forming forests with the Cluster Pine 

 CPinus Pinaster), and is cultivated throughout the whole of 

 Italy, from the foot of the Alps to Sicily, but is not commonly 

 found higher than 1,500 feet of elevation, except in the south 

 of Italy, where it attains an elevation of 2,000 feet. It is culti- 



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