180 PINUS ; OR 



vated along all the shores of the Mediterranean, and in Greece, 

 attaining a height of fifty or sixty feet, where its seeds or nuts 

 form an extensive article of commerce, as well as in Italy and 

 the south of France. It forms a very ornamental small tree, 

 with a rounded head, so celebrated for producing the fine efiect 

 in the grounds of Italian Villas. There are the following 

 varieties : — 



PiNiJS PiNEA FRAGiLis, Du Hamel, the Thin-shelled Stone Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Pinea Tarentina, Manetti. 



This variety differs in no way from the species, except in 

 having a very thin shell to the seeds, which is easily broken, 

 and for that reason more cultivated in Italy, Naples, and the 

 south of France, where there are some very large trees to be 

 found. 



Pinus Pinea Cretica, Loudon. 



This variety has much larger cones, and slenderer leaves, and 

 comes from the island of Candia or Crete in the Mediterranean, 

 where it attains a larger size than the common Stone Pine. 



Cones of this pine are frequently brought from China, under 

 the name of the * Pound- coned Chinese Pine,' but in no way 

 differ from the European form. 



No. 16. PiNiJS PuMiLio, HcBnhe, the Mountain Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Tatarica, Miller, 

 „ „ Carpatica, Hort. 

 „ „ sylvestris Montana, Alton. 

 „ „ Mugo humilis, JVeal. 

 „ Sudeticus, Ungrische. 



Leaves, in twos, curved, short, stiff, somewhat twisted, thickly 

 set on the branches, from two to two inches and a half long, with 

 long, lacerated,woolly, white sheaths when young, but which after- 

 wards, as they get older, become much shorter, and dark brown, 

 or nearly black. Cones, from one to one inch and a half long, 

 and three-quarters of an inch broad near the base, two or three 



