226 piNus ; OR 



This noble pine is called ' Ocote Mache,' or Male Pine, by the 

 inhabitants, on account of its robust habit, and is found plentiful 

 on the highest parts of the Cerro de San Juan, a range of moun- 

 tains to the South-west of Tepic, chiefly composed of crumbled 

 pumice-stone, of volcanic origin, and which at a distance gives 

 the place a whitish appearance. 



Mr. Hartweg found it growing on the Cerro de San Juan, or 

 Saddle Mountain, near Tepic, in Mexico, attaining a height of 

 from sixty to eighty feet. The timber is white, soft, and not 

 very durable. 



It has been named in compliment to that excellent patron of 

 Conifers, Lady Grenville, of Dropmore. 



It is tender. 



No. 70. PiNUS Hartwegii, Lindley, Hartweg's Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Papeleui, Hoezl. 

 „ „ resinosa, Roezl. 

 ,, „ Standishi, Roezl. 



Leaves, in fives, but frequently in fours, very dense, six 

 inches long, rather slender, curved, and of a dark green 

 colour. Sheaths, long on the young leaves, but with a shri- 

 velled appearance on the old ones, and jagged at the ends. 

 Branches, few, very robust, and irregularly placed on the stem. 

 Cones, growing in clusters, pendulous, four or five inches long, 

 and nearly two inches broad; oblong, tapering to the point, 

 which is rather blunt, incurved, and of a dark brown colour. 

 Scales, flattened, broader than long, four-sided, rather thin, with 

 a projecting or elevated short point in the centre, but much 

 smaller towards the extremities ; narrower, and more elevated 

 near the apex. Seeds, middle size, with a very short wing, not 

 more than three-quarters of an inch long. 



A handsome tree, growing from forty to fifty feet high, with 

 a dense compact head, of a fine dark green, found by Mr. Hart- 

 weg on the Campanario Mountain, in Mexico, at an elevation 

 of 9,000 feet, and beginning to appear where the Oyamel (Picea 

 religiosa) ceases to grow, on the mountain. It is also found on 



