218 PINUS ; OR 



A fine tree, growing eighty feet high, and three feet in dia- 

 meter, with an ample head, found by Mr. Jeffrey on the Moun- 

 tains in Northern California, between Shasta and Scots Valley, 

 at an elevation of from 5,000 to 8,000 feet, growing on volcanic 

 debris. 



It is quite hardy, and very distinct. 



No. 61. PiNus BuoNAPARTEA, Roezl, the Buonaparte Pine. 

 Syn. Piniis Veitchi, Roezl. 

 „ „ Durangensis, Roezl. 

 „ ,, Lnmnta, Roezl. 



Leaves, in fives, but sometimes six, seven, eight, and nine 

 are found in the same sheath ; of a glaucous green colour, an- 

 gular on the inner face, very slender, and five inches long. 

 Sheaths, composed of long linear-pointed scales, which soon 

 curl up and fall ofi?". Branches, curved, lateral ones more or 

 less pendant, on account of the large cones being produced on 

 their extremities. Cones, straight, nearly cylindrical, ten or 

 twelve inches long, and three or four inches in diameter. 

 Scales, from one inch and three-quarters to two inches broad, and 

 rather more than half an inch long on the exposed part ; re- 

 flected, and strongly hooked backwards at the ends, thickest in 

 the centre, with several elevated lines on the surface, and taper- 

 ing to the point, which is much reflected, and half an inch long. 

 Seeds, large, with a broad wing one inch long. 



A noble tree, growing 130 feet high, with a straight trunk, 

 furnished with long slender branches, in regular whorls, and 

 pendant branchlets, two or three feet long, which gives the 

 tree a most perfect and elegant appearance. 



It is found growing in the department of Durango, on the 

 Sierra INIadre, a chain of mountains situated between the Table 

 Land and Gulf of Mexico, where it is known by the name of 

 * Pino Real,' or Royal Pine, a name due to its great size and 

 majestic appearance. It is also found on the eastern side of 

 Popocatepetl, at an elevation of from 11,000 to 12,000 feet, and 

 like Pinus Lambertiana, it produces a resinous substance, which 



