LXXVII. 



: PI V NUS. 



959 



1773. P. (L.) austrlaca. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Sheath with from 3 to 5 rings, at first of a clear ash grey, 



then becoming reddish, afterwards darker, and at last black. Leaves from 



2 in. to 5 in. long ; seldom, and but little, twisted ; when young, erect ; 



when older, standing out, and curved towards the twig; outer surface 



half-round, dark green, glossy, and with a 



sharply serrated margin ; inner surface nearly 



even, but slightly dotted along the ridge; 



points prickly, of a yellowish brown or fawn 



colour. Buds large, the leader often from 



I in. to IA in. long, ovate, with a long point. 

 The cone does not arrive at maturity till 

 October in its second year ; it is conical, 

 rounded at the base, 2 or 3 inches long, 

 pointing horizontally, or nearly so ; of 

 a light yellow brown, polished, and shin- 

 ing. Seeds very closely resembling those 

 of P. Laricio ; and the cotyledons 6 or 

 8, as in that species. The bark of the 

 snoots of the current year is of a green- 

 ish yellow, regularly and deeply raised 

 by the insertions of the leaves, furrowed, 



1772> and shining. (Hoss's Gemeinfassliche An- 



Icitung, &c., p. 8.) A large tree. Austria, in 



the Breima Forest ( Wiener wald), the Banate, 



upon the Demoglet, near Mehadia ; and in 



the neighbourhood of the Snowy Mountains, 



at higher altitudes than Picea pectinata. 



Height 60 ft. to 80 ft. Introduced in 1835. 



It flowers about the end of May, and its 



cones are ripe in the October of the second year. 



This pine prefers a deep, dry, calcareous sand ; but it will succeed in any 

 soil, provided it is loose; and it even loves a moist soil, if not too wet. It 

 thrives best in situations having a southern aspect. The sap wood of P. aus- 

 triaca is said by Hoss to be of a whitish yellow, and the heart wood of a rusty 

 yellow ; the latter being very resinous, strong, and tough. It is much valued 

 in Austria, when kept dry ; and is said to surpass even the larch in resisting 

 the injurious effects of water, or of alternate moisture and dry ness. 



1 5. P. (L.) PALLASIA'NA Lamb. Pallas's, or the Tartarian, Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. 1. 5. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 339. 



Synonymes. P. tatirica Hort. ; P. tata- . 

 rica in the Hammersmith Nursery in 

 1797 ; P. maritima Pall. Ind. Taur. 

 (according to a specimen in Mr. Lam- 

 bert's herbarium) ; Tzaamin the Tartar 

 language. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 5. ; 

 the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit, 1st 

 edit., vol. viii. ; our figs. 1774. and 1776. 

 to our usual scale ;figS: 1775. and 1777. 

 of the natural size, from living speci- 

 mens received from A. B. Lambert, 

 Esq., taken from his trees at Boyton. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in pairs, 

 very long, erect, rigid, chan- 

 neled ; sheaths very short. 

 Crest of the anthers roundish, 

 convex, repand. Cone ovate- 

 oblong, often curved. Scales 

 slightly tuberculate, and termi- 

 nated by a very small prickle. 

 (Lamb.) Bud (Jig. 1775.) 

 in. to 1 i in. long, and from 



1774. P. (L.) Pallasidiw. 



