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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



P. halepens 



1 P. h. Smaritima. P. marftima Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. t. 6. According to 

 Mr. Lambert's figure, the cones of this variety, in the different forms 

 in which he has given it, are all larger than those of the species. A 

 very doubtful variety. 



1 P. h. 4 gemienais. P. genuensis Cook. Does not appear, in foliage 

 and habit, different from the species. The cone we possess is 3 in. 

 long, and lin. in diameter at the broadest end, and regularly pyra- 

 midal. The length of the stalk is | in. 



The leaves are of a deep green, 2 or 3 inches long, most commonly 2 in a 

 sheath, but sometimes, though rarely, 3 ; and they 

 are so disposed as to form a double spiral round 

 the branches. They never remain longer than 

 two years on the tree ; in consequence of which 

 the branches of old trees have a naked a; pear- 

 ance, and the head looks open, straggling, and 

 thin. The male catkins are reddish, from in. 

 to -^in. in length, on short pedicels, disposed 

 in branches of 30 or 40 together. The crest is 

 large, proportionably to the size of the anthers, 

 and is rounded. The female catkins are not, 

 as is usual, placed at the extremity of the shoot 

 of the year, but come out at the side of the shoot, 

 and towards the middle of it ; they point outwards 

 during their flowering, and are of a greenish hue, 

 slightly tinged with red. The cones have very 

 strong peduncles of half an inch or more in length ; 

 and, as they advance in size, they take a direction 

 almost perpendicularly downwards. The tree 

 grows rapidly when young, acquiring the height 

 of 15 or 20 feet in ten years. 



* 10. P. BRU'TTIA Ten. The Calabrian Pine. 



Identification. Ten. Fl. Nap. Prod , p. 69. ; Synops., ed. alt., p. C6. ; Link Abhand., 1837, p. 176. 

 Synonymes. P. conglomerata Grecfer PL Exsicc., as quoted by Lambert ; Kalabrische Kiefer, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., vol. 3. t. 82v ; and our figs. 1795. and 1796., from Lambert, and from a 

 young tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden, sent there by Mr. Lambert. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in pairs, very long, slender, wavy. Cones 

 sessile, crowded, ovate, smooth. Scales truncate at the apex, 

 flattish, umbilicate (Lamb.) Buds (see Jig. 1794.) fin. long, 

 and -i-in. broad; ovate, pointed, whitish, and wholly without 

 resin ; centre bud surrounded by three smaller buds. Leaves 

 from 3| in. to 4 in. long on the young plant in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden ; but above 6 in. long in Mr. Lambert's figure. 

 Sheaths, in both, less than ^ in. in length. According to Link, a 

 lofty tree, vying with P. Laricio. Calabria, on mountains, 

 4 000 ft. to 5000 ft. above the level of the sea. Height 70 ft. to 

 80ft. sometimes 100ft. Introduced in 1836. 17<J1 - 



Leaves in twos, rarely in threes, very long, slender, glabrous, wavy, spread- 

 ing, about 9 in. long ; light green, canaliculate above, convex beneath, serrulate 

 on the margin, terminated by a small conical callous mucro ; sheaths about 

 i in. long, persistent, of an ash-brown colour, membranaceous, entire round 

 the tops, guarded at bottom with a linear-lanceolate, revolute, bright brown, 

 thread-like, ciliated scale (metamorphosed leaf). Cones sessile, generally in 

 clusters, ovate, smooth, brownish, 2 in. to 3 in. long. Cones truncate at the 

 apex, flattish, trapezoidal, umbilicate, smooth, obsoletely 4-angled ; umbilicus 

 dilated, depressed, somewhat hollow, ash-coloured. ( D. Don.) This species 

 is nearly related to P. h. maritima , but it is readily distinguished both from 

 it and P. halepensis by its very long wavy leaves, and by its shorter, sessile, 

 clustered cones, with the scales depressed and slightly concave at their apex. 



