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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1767. P. (s.) Mitghut. 



that, when the cones 

 are absent, they 

 might be supposed 

 to be identical. It 

 is remarked in the 

 Nouveau Du Hamel, 

 that all the pub- 

 lished figures of this 

 variety are bad, with 

 the exception of the 

 one given in that 

 work, from which 

 ours is copied. On 

 comparingj%5. 1764. 

 and 1767., it will be 

 found that the cones 

 of P. (s.) p. Mu- 

 ghus, independently 

 of the peculiar pro- 

 tuberant appearance 

 of the scales, are 

 larger than those of 

 P. (s.) pumilio. This 

 and other differences 

 in the cones are quite 



sufficient, in a technical point of view, to constitute P. (s.) p. 

 Mughus and P. (s.) pumilio distinct species ; but, notwithstanding 

 this, they bear such obvious marks of belonging to P. sylvestris, in 

 their foliage, habit, and locality, that we cannot for a moment hesi- 

 tate about their connexion with that species. 



* P. (s.) p. 5 M. ndna. The Knee Pine of the Styrian Alps. Never 

 grows above 3ft. high. (Antoine's Coniferen, p. 13.; and Gard. Mag., 

 1841, p. 29.) A plant has been in the Trinity College Botanic 

 Garden, Dublin, since 1817; and, in 20 years, it has not attained a 

 greater height than an ordinary-sized man's knee. 



Other Varieties. P. (s.) pumilio and P. (s.) p. Mughus vary so much 

 according to the localities in which they are found, that, if it were desirable 

 to increase the number of subvarieties, there might be a dwarf, a tall, and a 

 medium form given to each. In the Horticultural Society's Garden, there 

 is a handsome, erect-growing, small tree of P. (s.) p. Mughus, under the 

 name of P. uncinata, and also a dwarf plant, under the same name ; both 

 producing hooked cones. 



t 3. P. LARI'CIO Poir. The Corsican, or Larch, Pine. 



Identification. Poir. in Lam. Enoyc., 5. p. 339. ; Dec. Fr. FL, 3. p. 274. 



Synonymes. P. sylvestris t marftima Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. p. 366. ; P. maritima, ed. 2. v. p. 315. ; 

 Pinastro, Pino chiappino, Ital. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t.4. ; N. Du Ham., t. 69. and 69. f. 2. ; the plates of this species 

 in Arb. Brit, 1st edit., vol. viii. ; our fig. 1771. to our usual scale, from a specimen received from 

 the Horticultural Society's Garden ; and figs. 1768. to 1770. of the natural size 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lax, twice the length of the cones. Cones conical, 

 often in pairs, sometimes, but rarely, in threes or in fours. Scales convex 

 on the back, elliptic in their general form, scarcely angular, and very slightly 

 pointed. Male flowers almost sessile, elongated, having the anthers ter- 

 minated by a small round crest. Bud (see Jig. 1768.) from fin. to 1 in. 

 long ; and from f in. to \ in. broad ; ovate, with a long narrow point, and 

 concave at the sides, resembling a camel-hair pencil. Scales adpressed, and 

 encrusted with white resin. The centre bud generally surrounded by three 

 or more small buds. Cones varying from 2 in. to 3 in. or more in length ; 



