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on the north side of Mount Tzompoli, in Mexico, at an elevation 

 of about 8,000 feet. (? Pinus patula.) 



No. 115. Pinus Huisquilucaensis, Roezl, the Huisquiluca 



Pine. 

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

 Leaves, in fives, slender, bright green, and from three and a 

 half to three inches and three-quarters long ; sheaths dropping 

 off when young. Cones, straight, two inches long, and one 

 inch and a quarter in diameter. Scales, rhomboidal, rounded 

 at the top ; protuberance a little elevated and depressed in the 

 centre. 



This tree resembles in appearance the Pinus Comonforti, but 

 it is nearly double the size and height of that species, and is 

 found very abundant upon the more elevated Mountains of 

 Huisquiluca, in Mexico, at an elevation of more than 11,000 feet. 

 (? Pinus leiophylla.) 



No. 116. Pinus inflexus, Roezl, the incurved Mexican 



Pine. 

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



Leaves, in fives, stiff, three-edged, and five inches long. 

 Sheaths, very short, and persistent. Cones, recurved, from 

 three and a half to three inches and three-quarters long, and 

 one inch and three-quarters broad. Scales, small, square, 

 sharp-pointed on the apex, and of a rich brown colour. 



This kind differs from Pinus robusta and Pinus Endlicheriana 

 by its stout curved leaves, and was found upon Mount Ajusco, 

 in Mexico, at an elevation of 9,000 feet. (? Pinus Monte- 

 zumae.) 



No. 117. Pinus Keteleeri, Roezl, Keteleer's Pine. 



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



Leaves, in fives, three-sided, from eight to ten inches long, 



and of a superb green. Sheaths, about one inch long. Cones, 



six inches long, and nearly two inches and a half wide, slightly 



