19S PINCS ; OR 



No. 33. PiNUS iNSULARis, EndUcher, the Timor Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Timoriensisj Loudon. 



Leaves, in threes, very slender, drooping, and from six to 

 nine inches long ; sheaths, persistent, one inch long ; buds, 

 scaly, non-resinous, and blunt-pointed. Cones, egg-shaped, 

 tapering to the point, three inches long. Scales, pyramidal, 

 angular, small, wart-shaped, and conical. 



A tree of which little is known, found by Gumming in the 

 Philippine Islands, and, according to Lambert, on the Island 

 of Timor. It very much resembles Pinus longifolia, but differs 

 in having much slenderer and darker green leaves, and very 

 much smaller cones. 



It is quite tender. 



No. 34. Pinus Jeffreyii, Hort, Jeffrey's Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Jeffreyana, Van Houtte. 



Leaves, in threes, pendulous at the ends, deep green, keeled 

 on the inner face, rounded on the back, very acute-pointed, and 

 from eight to nine inches long ; sheaths, persistent, one inch and 

 a quarter long when young, but very much shorter, lacerated at 

 the ends, and of an ashy-grey colour when old ; buds, short, 

 stout, imbricated, and resinous. Branches, horizontal, a little 

 declining, rather slender, and of a light, yellowish red colour. 

 Cones, large, ovate-conical, tapering most to the point, eight 

 inches long, and three inches and a half in diameter at the 

 widest part, which is towards the base, and mostly produced 

 in clusters round the branches. Scales, pyramidal, more or 

 less projecting, one inch and a half broad on the larger ones, 

 but much Iqss on those towards the base and extremity, stoutly 

 hooked towards the points, the hook being nine-tenths of an 

 inch long, and slightly incurved on all the scales. Seeds, four- 

 tcnths of an inch long, dark brown, with a wing rather more 

 than an inch long, beautifully striated with dark brown. 



A noble tree, growing 150 feet high, and four feet in 

 diameter, found by Jeffrey in the Shasta Valley in Northera 

 California, growing on poor, sandy soil. « 



A very distinct Pine, and quite hardy. 



