LXXVII. 



PINUS. 



967 



London and Paris, without any protection. The leaves of this species, as 

 well as of several others, have quite a different appearance for the first two 

 years from what they have ever afterwards ; they are very glaucous, ciliated 

 on their margins, very short, and very sharp-pointed. During this period, 

 they are single and without sheaths ; but afterwards they come out in pairs, 

 with sheaths, these pairs being what are considered by botanists as abortive 

 shoots. The nursery treatment of the stone pine is the same as that recom- 

 mended for the pinaster, with which the tree is frequently confounded ; this 

 species having also very long taproots, which render it necessary to be ex- 

 tremely careful in taking them up for removal : indeed, they should generally 

 be grown in pots ; and, when they are turned out of the pots to be planted 

 where they are finally to remain, the greatest care should be taken to stretch 

 out the roots, and to spread them carefully in every direction. 



t 9. P. HALEPE'NSIS Ait. The Aleppo Pine. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 367. ; Lam. Pin., ed. 2. 1. t. 7. ; N. Du Ham.. 5. p. 238. 

 Synonymes. P. hierosolymitana Du Ham, Arb. 2. p. 126. ; P. maritima prlma Mathiolus ; Pin de 



Jerusaleme, Fr. ; Pino d' Aleppo, Ital. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 7. (exclusive of the ripe cone, which is that of P. Laricio) ; 



the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit , 1st edit, vol. viii. ; oar Jig. 1793., to our usual scale ; and. figs. 



1790. to 1792. ; all from specimens from a tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves in pairs, very slender. Cones pyramidal, rounded 

 at the base, turned downwards, smooth, 

 solitary or in pairs, stalked. (Lois., 

 and obs.) Buds (see fig. 1 790.) from 

 ^ in. to in. Ions, and from -j^in. to 

 A in. broad ; imbricated, roundish, some- 

 what pointed, wholly without resin ; 

 and altogether like those of a pinaster 



P. halev^nsis. 1791. 



in miniature. Cones (fig. 1792.) from 

 2 in. to 3 in. in length ; and from 1^ in. 

 to 1 in. in breadth ; invariably turned 

 downwards, so as to form an acute angle 

 with the stem. Footstalks of the cones 

 from in. to fin. in length. Scale (fig. 

 1791. a) from liin. to liin. long, and 

 in. broad. Seed, without the wing (c), from in. to f in. in length, and 

 ^-in. in breadth ; with the wing (6), from 1 in. to lin. in length. Coty- 

 ledons about 7. A low tree. South of Europe, Syria, and Barbary, in dry 

 sandy warm soils. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1683. It flowers, 

 in the climate of London, about the end of May or the beginning of June, 

 and the cones are ripened in the autumn of the second year. 

 Varieties. 



i P. h. 2 minor. Cones rather smaller than in the species, but it is 

 scarcely worth keeping distinct. Horticultural Society's Garden. 

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