2272 



AimoUElUAI AN!) FnUTlCElUM. 



PAKT 111. 



Spec. Cfini:, J(c. Leaves in fives, slender ; sheatlis 

 persistent. Cones conical, halt" the length of the 

 leaves ; scales thickened at the apex, with very 

 small mucros. {I oi.t.) The following character 

 of this pine is given by M Loiselcur Deslong- 

 champs in the Nnnveaii Du Hamel, frnm a speci- 

 men with perfect cones, preserved in the hcrb«- 

 rinm of M. Poitcau, who gathered it himself 

 in its native country. The leaves of this pine 

 are very slender, from 6 in. to Sin. long, in fives ; 

 sheath about A ni. long, not caducous, as in p. 

 .Str6bus arm P~. C^mhra. At the base of the leaves 

 is a lanceolate scale, a few lines long The cones 

 are about Sin. long; the scales are sivelled at 

 their upper ex'riiTiity, and angular; having an 

 umbilicus on the summit, terniinateil by a small, 

 straight, very slender point. This pine is a native 

 of the mountains of .St. Domingo. There is rea- 

 soti to believe that it may be acclimatised in the 

 south of France, as snow occasionally falls on the 

 mountains where it is indigenous. In the Bon 

 Jardijiier, M. Poiteau ob-erves that he met with 

 this pine in abundance in St. Domingo, in the 

 quarter of Saint Suzaime, where it grows to the 

 height of from 2/) tt. to 30 ft., with leaves fiin. 

 Jong, of a line green, and cones somewhat larger 

 than those ol F. sylvestris. 



5 3G. P. Montezu'm^ Lnmh. Monte- 

 zuma's, or the rouiih-hraticlicd Mvx- 

 icrni. Pine. 



Jiimtfflcafion. Lamb. Pin., 1. 1. CO. 



Si/noni/mr. P. occidentalis Kvnih in Jhimh. et 



Bon'fi. Nov. Ocn. ct Sp. PI., 2. p. 4., Drp/ie in 



Schlrrht. lAiinan, li. p. 16. 

 E»iirnvi7>gs. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. 1. W j and our 



tiss. '21S4. and 2185., from Lnmbcrt. 





2183 



Spec. Chnr., (<c. I/Cavos in fives, erect, triquetrous ; sheaths about 1 in. long, persistent. Cone.* 

 oblong, about 9 in. long, tuberculate. {Lamb. Pin.) A native of Orizaba, and other mountains of 

 Mexico. 



Description. A tall tree. Cranchlets covered with a thick sc ibrous bark. I^eavcs generally in 

 fives, rarely in threes or fours, sti|)ular, persistent, lanceolate, muc.'i pointed, with ciliated and torn 

 scale's; erect, waved, somewhat rigid, triquetrous, callous and mucronate, glaucous green, marked 

 with many parallel dotted lines ; slightly bicanaliculate above, Hattish beneath, fi in. long. ; angles cre- 

 nulated, scabrous; sheaths 1 in. to IJin. long, persistent; scales amentaceous, ciliate and torn on 

 the margin, bright brown. Male catkins cylindrical, 1 in. Ion?, with many imbricated, oval, ciliated 

 scales at the base. .. ppendage to the anthers roundish, convex, coriaceous, membranaceous on the 

 margin, torn, and crenulated. Cones oblong, tubercleri, bright brown, thicker at the base, a little 

 attenuated towards the ajiex, about 6 in. long ; scales elevatedat the apex, bluntly tetragonal, trun. 

 cate, very thick. (Lamb.) Mr. Lambert says: " Karon Humboldt has referred this species to P. oc. 

 cideufiMis Swrirlz ; but I have ventured to separate it, as the size of (he cones, which may, in general, 

 be relied on, as indicating a specific distinction in this genus, difTers so nuich." Thiisc dcscrilwd by 

 Swartz arc only .3 in. long, whereas tlinsc of P. Montczum<p are more than double that length. 



