2 J 98 ARBOnKl'l'M AND FRUTICETUM. 



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VAhV 111. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves short and thitkl} set. Cones top-shaped, very 

 large, yellow. Scales with hard incurved prickles, thicks and broad at 

 the base. {Miclix.) Bud {fig. 2078.) from h in. to | in long, and I in. 

 , broad; cylindrical, blunt at the point; brown- 

 ie ish, and covered with white resin; generally 



without small buds. Leaves ( fg. 2077.) 



2^ in. long, including the sheath, which has i 



or 5 rings; the leaves are much broader, 



and rather shorter and lighter, than those of 



P. (s.) pumilio, and tipjjed with a sharp 



point. Cone 3^ in. long, and about 2^ in. 

 '.i078 broad. Scale woody, and furnished witli a 

 strong awl-shaped hook, exceeding iin. in length. 

 Seeds nearly as large as those of P. s} Ivestris, rough 

 and black. Cotyledons from 6 to 8. 



Descriplion, i^-c. A tree 40 ft. or 50 ft. high, with 

 the habit of P. sylveslris, l)ut with a much more 

 branchy head ; and readily distinguished from that 

 species by the young leaves not being glaucous, 

 and by the leaves generally being more straight 

 and rigid, slightly serrated at the margins, and 

 with shorter sheaths. The leaves are also of a 

 paler green, both when young and full grown, so 

 that the tree, when of large size, has nothing 

 of the gloomy appearance attributed to the Scotch 

 pine. The cones are of a light yellowish brown 

 colour, without footstalks ; and they are generally 

 in whorls of 3 or 4 together, pointing horizon- 



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