CHAP. CXI II. 



CONl'FF.KiE. n'NUS. 



22 1 5 



P. P. 3 Lcmon- 

 ianus, P. Le- 

 moninna Ben- 

 tham Hurt. 

 Transac, vol. 

 i., second se- 

 ries, p. 509. 

 pi. 20.; and 

 our fig. 2102. 

 to our usual 

 scale, and^g. 

 2101. to the 

 natural size. 

 — This is also 

 a very distinct 

 variety, but 

 quite the op- 

 posite of the 

 last ; being a 

 stunted bulky 

 plant, with 

 zigzag, close, 

 and twiggy 

 branches; and 

 standing ap- 

 parently in 

 the same re- 

 lation to P. 

 Pinaster that 

 P. (s.) pu- 

 milio does to 

 P. sylvestris. 

 In a very dis- 

 tinct account 

 of this variety 

 by Sir Charles 

 Lemon, pub- 

 lished in the 

 Horticultural 

 Tranaactions, 

 as above re- 

 ferred to, he 

 characterises 

 it as follows : 

 — " In foliage, 

 it is similar to 



the pinaster; but it differs in the general habit of the tree, and 

 in the form and position of the cones. In the common pinaster, 

 the cones, of which there are generally 3 or 4 together, are situated 

 behind the shoots of the whorl, and, in the mature state, point back- 

 wards. In this obscure species the cone is single, and it universally 

 occupies the place of the leading shoot, the side shoots being be- 

 hind it. The necessary consequence of this mode of growth is, 

 that the tree can have no regular leader, but each year one of the 

 side shoots strengthens, and continues the growth for the ensuing 

 season ; the year following, the same process is repeated in another 

 direction, giving the stem of the tree a zigzag appearance, which it 

 never entirely loses." The general appearance of the tree is that of 

 a short bushy pinaster ; though there is nothing dwarfish or dis- 



