240 PINUS, OR 



resinous, coarse, long-grained, elastic, easily worked, and 

 durable. There are the following varieties : 



Pinus Laricio Calabrica, Delamarre, the Calabrian Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Calabrica, Hort. 

 stricta, Hort. 

 Leaves on this variety are from six to eight inches long, 

 thickly set on the branches ; and the tree attains a large size 

 on the mountains of Sila, in Calabria. 



Pinus Laricio Caramanica, Loudon, the Caramanian Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Caramaniensis, Vilmorin. 

 Heldreichii, Christ. 

 Romana, Hort. 

 Fenzlii, Kotschy. 

 This variety seldom grows more than half the height of the 

 Corsican Pine, but has a much rounder and denser head, with 

 very dark-green foliage, and slenderer branches, covered with 

 a reddish-coloured bark. Buds pointed and nearly covered with 

 a whitish resin. The cones also are larger than those of the 

 P. Laricio. 



Pinus Laricio pyghlea, Ranch, the Dwarf Corsican Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Magellensis, Schouiv. 

 Laricio Montana, Hort. 

 Laricio nana, Hort. 

 A very dwarf variety, from the highest region of Mount 

 Amaro. It has its branches lying flat on the ground, with stiff, 

 slightly- curved leaves. Cones of a spherical form, and smaller 

 than those of Pinus Pumilio. 



Pinus Laricio contorta, Hort, the Twisted-branched 



Corsican Pine. 

 This differs only in having its lateral branches contorted or 

 twisted round in different directions. 



Pinus Laricio subviridis, Du Hamel, the Green-coned 



Corsican Pine. 

 This only differs in having very pale, yellowish-green cones. 







