THE TRUE PINES. 



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No. 22. Pinus Pyrenaica,* Lapeyrouse, in part, the Pyreneean 



Pine. 



Syn. Pinus penicillus, Lapeyrouse. 



Hispanica, Cook. 



Salzmanni, Limed. 



Monspeliensis, Salsmann. 



Pseudo-Halepensis, Denkardt. 



Halepensis-Salzmanni, Lu nal. 



Pinaster Hispanica, Roxas. 



Laricio Pyrenaica, Loudon. 

 Monspeliensis, Vihnorhi. 

 tenuifolia, Parlatore. 

 Leaves in twos, rarely in threes, long, rather fine, stiff, 

 straight, and of a bright green colour, thickly set on the 

 branches, and six or seven inches long, channelled on the inner 

 sides, and sharp-pointed. Sheaths half an inch long on the 

 young leaves, smooth, entire at the margins, and dark brown, 

 but on the old ones very short, shrivelled, rough, jagged, and 

 nearly black. Branches stout, of a bright orange colour, nu- 

 merous, regular, spreading in all directions round the stem, and 

 well furnished with laterals. Buds conical, with a long, taper- 

 ing point, covered with downy scales, and full of resin. Cones 

 two inches and a half long, one inch and a quarter wide, 

 conical, tapering a little to the base, on short, slender foot-stalks, 

 mostly solitary, and pointing horizontal. Seeds rather small, 

 with narrow, pointed wings, three-quarters of an inch long. 

 Scales small, half an inch wide, rounded on the outer margin, 

 slightly elevated in the centre, with an angular line terminated 

 in the middle with a depressed, hollow scar, but sometimes 

 with a small prickle in the centre ; those nearest the base 



* Lapeyrouse gave the name of pyrenaica to two different Pines. 

 The present one, which is that of Loudon's Arboretum and all English 

 collections, and to the Pinus Brutea, of Tenore, which is the pyrenaica 

 of Parlatore and Carriere, and a kind by no means plentiful on the 

 Pyrenees, whereas the present one forms vast forests in those regions. 



