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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



i in. to I in. broad ; ovate, and pointed, with the sides con- 

 cave, like those of P. Laricio, but much larger. Leaves 

 (see Jig. 1777.) from 4 in. to 7 or 8 inches in length ; sheath 

 from ^in. to fin. in length. Cones from 4 in. to 5 in. in 

 length, and from IA in. to If in. in breadth at the widest 

 part; ovate-oval, acuminate, horizontal in their direction, 

 and slightly incurved at the extremities, which point down- 

 wards. Scales as in those of P. Larfcio, but larger. A 

 large spreading tree. Taurica, Height 60 ft. to 70 ft., some- 

 times 80 ft. Introduced in 1790. It flowers in the end of May, 

 and its cones are ripe in November of the second year. 



Varieties. We can readily conceive that P. L. Pallasiana, like 

 every other variety of P. Laricio, is liable to sport ; and, 

 accordingly, of the trees possessed by Mr. Lambert, one 



has the cones straight and short, and another long and crooked. The P. 



taurica of the London gardens 



is without doubt a synonyme, 



and not even a variety. 



This tree is about the size of 

 P. sylvestris, but much more 

 spreading, sending out numerous 

 large, declining, and horizontal 

 branches from the summit to the 

 base ; the lower branches almost 

 equalling the trunk itself in size. 

 The chief circumstance in which 



1775. 

 P. (L.) Palla,t<j 



1776. P. (L.) Pallas/Ana. 



P. (L.) Pallasiana differs from 

 P. Laricio, judging from the trees 

 at White Knights, is in the length 

 of the cones : the leaves are also 

 larger than those of P. Larfcio; 

 and, on the whole, the differ- 

 ence may be compared to that 

 which exists between Tilia eu- 



1777. P. (L.) 



