THE TRUE riNES. 5il5 



No. 55. PiNUS MuLLERiANA, Roezl, Muller's Pine. 

 (Discoverd by M. Roezl in 1856-7.) 



Leaves, in threes, stout, stiff, sharp-pointed, and five inches 

 long. Sheaths, four lines long, and silky. Cones, three inches 

 long, one inch and a half in diameter, and of a conical shape. 

 Scales, rhomboid, flat, and of a yellowish-grey colour ; pro- 

 tuberance, deeper in colour, and little elevated. 



A tree, growing from 80 to 100 feet high, found growing 

 about Real del Monte at an elevation of 8,000 or 8,500 feet. 



No. 56. PiNUS scoPARiA, Rorzl, the Broom-like Pine. 

 (Discovered by M. Roezl in 1856-7.) 



Leaves, in threes, but frequently in fours on the same 

 branch ; bright green, sometimes glaucous, tufted, stiff, and 

 four inches long. Sheaths, six lines long, and silky. Cones, 

 ovate, three inches long, and one inch and a quarter in dia- 

 meter, ver}'^ resinous, and of a violet colour, or almost black. 

 Scales, large, very irregular in shape, depressed at the base, 

 half an inch broad, and a quarter of an inch long ; protuberance 

 small, and terminating in a bent mucro. 



A large straight tree, growing 150 feet high, found at Popo- 

 catepetl in Mexico, at an elevation of 13,000 to 14,000 feet. 



Timber, excellent. (? PinuG Hartwegii.) 



No. 57. PiNUS ViLMORiNiANA, Roezl, Vilmorin's Pine. 

 (Discovered by M. Roezl in 1856-7.) 



Leaves, in threes, stiff, flattened on the inner side, and five 

 inches long. Sheaths, from three to four lines long. Cones, 

 slightly bent, nearly two inches long, and one inch broad. 

 Scales, comparatively large, and rounded on the apex ; pro- 

 tuberance large, and of an ashy-grey colour. 



A noble tree, growing from 130 to 160 feet high, with long 

 flexible branches, regularly jointed, and M'ith a majestic appear- 

 ance, found between Mount Ajusco and Las Cruces in Mexico, 

 at an elevation of 10,000 or 11,000 feet. (? Pinus Teocote.) 



