LXXVII. CONl'FERjE : Pl^NUS. 



957 



and from f in. to 1^ in. in breadth. The 



points of the scales turned over like an 



under lip, and terminating in a point 



which has a very small prickle, often 



scarcely perceptible. The colour of the 



cone tawny, and the interior part of the 

 scales purple. Leaves vary- 

 ing in length from 4 in. to 

 6 in. and upwards ; gene- 

 rally two in a sheath on the 

 side branches, but occasion- 

 ally three on the leading 

 shoots. Seeds greyish or 

 black, twice as large as those 

 of P. sylvestris. Cotyledons 

 (see fig. 1 770.) 6 to 8. A 

 lofty tree. Corsica, Spain, 

 Italy, Greece, and various 

 parts of the South of Eu- 

 rope, the Hartz in Ger- 

 1768. many, and Caucasus in 



Russia ; generally on deeper 



soil than P. sylvestris. Height 60 ft., 



80ft., 100ft., 150ft., according to the 



variety, the climate, and the soil. In- 

 troduced in 1759. It flowers in May, 



and its cones are ripe in November of 



the second year. 



Varieties. Judging from the names in 

 Continental catalogues, these are nume- 

 rous ; but, as these names are chiefly expressive of different localities, we 

 are ignorant how far the plants are really distinct. In the Nouveau Du 

 Hamel only one variety is given, which is characterised by the cones being 

 greenish, those of the species being described as of a tawny or fawn 

 colour. Delamarre, in his Traite Pratique, &c., enumerates five 

 varieties, some of which, however, are considered by M. Vilmorin as 

 being probably species ; the cones not having yet been seen. 



9 P. L. 1 corsicana. Laricio de File de Corse, Delamarre. 



Cones of a tawny or fallow colour, 

 f P. L. 2 subviridis Nouveau Du Hamel. Cones of a greenish 



yellow. 



f P. L. 3 caramdnica. P. caramanica Bosc; P. caramaniensis 

 Bon Jard. y ed. 1837, p. 974. ; Laricio de Caramanie ou de 

 F Asia Mineure, Delamarre ; ? P. romana Lond. Hort. Soc. 

 Gard. P. L. caramanica seldom grows to above half the 

 height of P. L. corsicana : it has a much rounder and 

 more bushy head, with straight, or nearly straight, leaves, 

 slender branches, reddish-coloured bark, and reddish buds, 

 which are wholly, or in part, covered with white resin. 

 The scales of the cones, which are larger than those of 

 P. L. corsicana, are tipped with a harder and more horny 

 point. Introduced into France from the Levant in 1798, 

 and to England in 1820. 



1 P. L. 4> caldbnca. Laricio de Mont Sila en Calabre, Dela- 

 marre. This pine, Michaux and Vilmorin remark in a 

 note to Delamarre's work, resembles the pine of Caramania ; 

 but there are only young plants of it in France, which have 

 not yet fruited. 1770. 



