LXXVII. CONI'FER^S : PI V NUS. 



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ropae^a and T. e. grandifolia, or the pin de Hageneau and the pin de 

 Geneve. 



Identification. 

 p. 335. 



? 6. P. (L.) PYRENA'ICA Lap. The Pyrenean Pine. 



La Peyrouse Supp. Fl. Pyren. ; Bon Jard., ed. 1837, p. 975. 4 Lawson's Manual, 



Synonynies. P. hispanica Cook's Sketches in Spain, 2. p. 237. : Pinaster hispanica Ruxas di San 

 Clemente ; P. penicellus Lap. Hist, des PI. des Pyrenees ; P. halepensis m&jor Ann. cC Hort. de 

 Paris, 13. p. 187. ; Pin Nazaron, Pin pinceau, Fr. 



Engravings. Our Jig* 1780. from a cone received from M. Vilmorin, fig. 1778. from a bud of the 

 plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, both of the natural size; and fig. 1779., to our usual 

 scale, from a tree growing, in 1837, at Woodside, near Hatfield, the residence of John Church, Esq. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves long, in tufts at the extremities of the shoots ; 

 branches dispersed, naked, scaly when young. Cones conical, 

 smooth, and a little recurved, seeds hard. (Lap.) The tree when 

 young somewhat resembles P. halepensis, but when older it assumes 

 a much higher stature, and a more pyramidal form. The cones are, 

 like those of P. halepensis, on strong footstalks ; but, instead of 

 pointing downwards, they are always in a horizontal direction. The 

 leaves are long and fine ; but strong and upright, and arranged round 

 the branches like the hairs of a camel-hair pencil, whence the name 

 of pin pinceau. They are sometimes three in a sheath, on the 

 young shoots. (Ann. de la Soc. tfHort. de Paris, xiii. p. 186.) A 

 majestic tree. Spain, in the extensive forests of the Sierra de 

 Segura, and other places. Height 60 ft. to 80 ft. Introduced in 

 1834. It flowers in May, and its cones are ripened in the November 1778. 

 of the second year. 



Captain Cook, who introduced this pine, describes it as quite hardy, of quick 

 growth, and from its noble appearance, the beauty of its form, and the clear 



1779. P. (L.) pyrenaica. 



transparent colour of both the bark and foliage, likely to be a vast acquisition 

 to our park scenery. The timber is white and dry, being nearly without tur- 

 pentine ; but the cones exude a most delicious balsamic odour, as do the 

 leaves. H. S. 



* 7. P. PINA'STER Ait. The Pinaster, or Cluster, Pine 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1., 3. p. 3G7. 



Synonymes. P. sylvestris -y Lin. Syst. Reich. 4. p. 172. ; P. marltima altera Du Ham, Arh No 4 



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