338 PIN US LARICIO. 



north, north-east, and east, and a clear space having a radius of not less 

 than from 25 to 30 feet should be allowed for it. 



The specific name was given by Douglas, in compliment to Mr. A. B. 

 Lambert, a munificent patron of science, and the author of a beautifully 

 illustrated folio work entitled "The Genus Pinus." This work, together 

 with the encouragement he gave to the discovery and introduction of 

 new kinds, has associated Mr. Lambert's name with coniferous plants. 



AYLMER BOURKE LAMBERT (1761 1842), the only son of Edward Lambert of 

 Boyton House, Heytesbury in Wiltshire, was born at Bath. He was educated at 

 St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and early devoted his attention to Botany. He was one of 

 the founders of the Linnean Society, of which he was one of the Vice-Presidents ; he 

 was also a Fellow of the Royal Society. When he came to his paternal estate, he 

 formed a large herbarium, which was for many years under the charge of David Don. 

 This collection, as well as Mr. Lambert's extensive library, was made available to all 

 men of science. There was an open reception of scientific men every Saturday at 

 Mr. Lambert's house. He was anxious to encourage science, and his ample means 

 enabled him to gratify his taste in this respect. For many years his health was. 

 feeble, and he retired to Kew, where his proximity to the Royal Gardens afforded the 

 means of gratifying his botanical tastes. Besides the work above mentioned, he 

 published a description of the genus Cinchoiia, and contributed many papers to the 

 ' ' Transactions of the Linnean Society. " After his death his herbarium was sold by 

 public auction, when a small portion of it was purchased for the British Museum. 



Pinus Laricio. 



A lofty tree 80 -120 or more feet high with a relatively slender 

 trunk and open pyramidal crown ; in old age often with a rounded 

 or umbrella-like top. Bark of trunk dark grey, rugged and fissured 

 into irregular, thinnish plates, which on being cast off, expose a smooth, 

 pale reddish brown inner cortex. Branches spreading or deflexed, 

 often upturned at the ends. Branchlets stoutish, at first pale green 

 changing to reddish brown at the end of the second year. Buds conic, 

 acute, 0'5 0'75 inch long, with lanceolate, acuminate, reddish brown 

 peralee fringed with silky hairs. Leaves geminate, persistent three four 

 years, semi-terete, with serrulate margins and rather obtuse apex, 4 6 

 inches long, rigid or waved, dark green ; basal sheath 0*5 inch long, 

 whitish ; shorter, darker and corrugated the second year. Staminate 

 flowers densely clustered, cylindric, 1 1'5 inch long, pale yellow.* 

 Cones solitary or two three together, conic-cylindric, 2 3 inches long, 

 and usually a little more than an inch in diameter above the base ; 

 scales oblong, the apical thickening rhomboidal with a transverse keel 

 and a small central depression in which is a minute pyramidal uinbo. 



Pinus Laricio, Poiret, Diet. Encycl. V. 339 (1804). Lambert, Genus Pinus, 

 ed. II. Vol. I, 9 (1828). London, Arb. et Frut. Brit. IV. 2200, with figs. Link in 

 Linnfea, XV. 494. Endlicher, Synops. Conif. 178. Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 491. 

 Parlatore, D. C. Prodr. XVI. 386. Gordon, Pinet. ed. II. 239 Lawson, Pinet. 

 Brit. I. 55, t. 8. Willkomm. Forstl. Fl. ed. II. 226. Boissier, Fl. orient. V. 697. 

 Beissner, Nadelholzk. 238, with fig. Masters in Gard. Chron. XXI. (1884), p 18, 

 with fig. ; and Journ. R. Hort. Soc. XIV. 232. And many others. 



Eng. Corsican Pine, Larch Pine. Fr. Pin de Corse, Laricio de Corse. Germ. 

 Schwarzkiefer. Ital. Pino di Corsica. 



var . austriaca. 



In Great Britain usually a smaller tree of denser habit, with stouter 

 and longer horizontal branches, and shorter but stouter and more rigid 

 leaves of a darker green. In the forests of Austria attaining dimensions 



* The staminate and ovuliferous flowers of Pinus Laricio are fully described in pp. 37 38 



