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A pyramidal tree, growing from eighty to ninety feet high, 

 and very much resembling the Weymouth Pine (P. Strobus), 

 found on the higher mountains of Mexico. ( ? Pinus leio- 

 phylla.) 



No. 101. Pinus dependens, Roezl, the Pendant-branched 

 Mexican Pine. 



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



Leaves, in fives, slender, three-edged, and four inches long ; 

 sheaths, scaly and deciduous, or soon falling off. Cones, two 

 inches long, one inch and a half broad, conical, and with very 

 long stout footstalks. Scales, very irregular in shape, all those 

 at the base of the cone are flat , while those towards the summit 

 project; protuberance, large, oval, and provided with a large 

 projecting mucro at the apex. 



A very straight tree, growing sixty or seventy feet high, with 

 its branches pendulous, ili the same manner as the Weeping 

 Cypress, and is distinguishable from all others at a great distance. 

 It is found growing upon a mountain along the road to Mexico, 

 at Cuernavaca, at an elevation of about 8,000 feet. (? Pinus 

 leiophylla pendula.) 



No. 102. Pinus Dolleriana, Roezl, DoUer's Mexican Pine. 

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



Leaves, in fives, nine inches long, three-edged, a little rounded 

 on the outer side ; sheaths, silky, and one inch and a quarter 

 long. Cones, five inches long and two inches broad, slightly 

 recurved. Scales, thickened at the base, rhomboid, rounded at 

 the summit, transversely keeled, protuberance of a rich glossy 

 colour, and closely inlaid. 



A very handsome tree, growing sixty or seventy feet high, 

 with very stout, short, horizontal branches, and leaves in tufts ; 

 found growing upon the higher mountains about Toluca in 

 Mexico, at an elevation of 10,000 feet, and one of the most 

 distinct. 



