220 PINUS ; OR 



PiNUS Cembra SiBiRiCA, LoudoTi, the Siberian Stone Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Cembra Rossica, Hort. 



Leaves, in fives, much shorter, more dense and brighter 

 green. Cones, longer, but not so broad as those of the Swiss 

 variety, and of much slower growth ; but, according to Pallas, it 

 is a lofty tree, destitute of branches a considerable way up the 

 trunk, and sometimes attains a height of 100 feet, but is never 

 found beyond the river Lena in Eastern Siberia. 



Seeds, large, and eatable in Siberia. 



Pinus Cembra pygmjea, Fischer, the Dwarf Cembra Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Pence, Grisebach. 



„ Cembra pumila, Endlicher. 



,, „ fruticosa, Grisebach. 



„ pygmgea, Fischer. 



,, Cembra nana, Hort. 



„ 5, humistrata. Madden. 



A very dwarf variety, seldom growing more than two or 

 three feet high, with a scrubby appearance, and at times as- 

 suming a creeping form on the ground, with the leaves very 

 much shorter and more crowded. Cones, extremely small, 

 nearly round, and bright purple when full grown. Scales, 

 very small, thin, rather recurved and pointed. Seeds, wingless, 

 and very small of their kind. It is found in Eastern Siberia, 

 covering rocks where no other vegetation grows, and in valleys, 

 where it grows much stronger, but never attains the size of a 

 small tree. It is said to grow also on the mountains of Rumelia in 

 European Turkey ; and on the eastern slope of the Ural, towards 

 the Lena, where it is called the elastic Stone Pine, or spreading 

 Cedar of Eastern Siberia, and has several stems, sometimes 

 twelve feet high, and three inches in diameter ; erect in sum- 

 mer, but completely prostrated by the snow in winter. The 

 cones are but half the size of those of the Swiss kind, but the 

 nuts are equally good-flavoured. 



