THE COESICAN PINE. 



I'i'tnis Lari'cio Poiret. 



Pinus Laricio, considered in a comprehensive sense, 

 is believed to be the ittvKr) Ibaia (peu'ke idai'a) of 

 Theophrastus, which he is at pains to distinguish 

 from TTevKr] TrapaXias (peu'ke' paralias), the Cluster 

 Pine. It is interesting to note in this connection 

 that Theophrastus was a native of Lesbos in the 

 iEgean, and that Philip Barker Webb, in 1818, found 

 this Pine, or probably the variety Pallasia'na, of 

 which wo shall have more to sa}' presently, on 

 Mount Ida, in Phrygia, from which Theophrastus's 

 name was probably taken. 



In a wild state Pinus Laricio extends from Asia 

 Minor, the Caucasus, and the Crimea to Crete, Sicily, 

 Spain, and the Cevennes, to Lower Austria, Hungary, 

 the Banat, and Transylvania. The form represented 

 by this name, in a restricted . sense, belongs mainly to 

 Corsica and the Maritime Alps: the variety tenui- 

 fo'lia, of Parlatore, represents the western develop- 

 ment of the species : his Pallasiana, from Dalmatia, 

 Servia, and Thessaly, is perhaps not identical with 

 trees called by that name from farther east ; but his 

 variety nigricans is the form generally known as 

 austri'aca, the inland, or Central European, type. 

 These local forms differ widely in habit and in the 

 elevations at which they grow from 1,000 to 3,500 



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