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Pinus Laricio, Poiret. (Fig. 91.) 

 CoRsicAN Pine. 



Pinus corsicana, Loudon ; P. Heldroichii, Christ ; P. Laricio, var. latis- 

 quama, Willkomm ; P, L. var. Poiretiana, Antoine ; P. maritima, Aiton 

 (not Lamarck or Miller) ; P. nigra, Arnold. 



A tree 120-150 ft. high, with a girth of 12-20 ft., bearing 



Fig. 91.— pinus LARICIO and P. LEUCODERMIS. 



Pinus Laricio. — a, shoot with leaf clusters ; b, winter bud and base of a pair of leaves ; c, apex of 

 leaf ; d, section of leaf. Var. nigricans. — e, section of leaf, showing thicker hypodermis. r. lenco- 

 dermis. — ■/, section of leaf, with even thicker hypodermis. 



rather short, horizontal branches. Bark of old trees dark grey, 

 deeply fissured, about 1 in. thick. Young shoots without down, 



