PINUS PYRENAICA. 



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P. pyrenaica ; this P. Laricio variety, being much the hardier of the 

 two, has since its introduction been generally cultivated as P. pyrenaica 

 in the British Arboretum. Parlatore reduced the P. brutia of Tenore 

 to a synonym of the P. pyrenaica of Lapeyrouse, and his decision 



Fig, 07. Foliage and Cone of Pinus pyrenaica. 



is accepted by all recent botanists. The true P. pyrenaica owing to 

 climatic causes is now but rarely if ever seen in this country. 



The economic value of Pinus pyrenaica is considerable in those 

 districts where it is still abundant as in Cilicia and adjacent parts of 

 Asia Minor. To the inhabitants of this region it supplies the best 

 timber for building and many other constructive purposes, but as the 



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