LXXVII. CONIFERS : PI NUS. 



993 



smooth, about 4 in. long. Scales 

 dilated at the apex, much de- 

 pressed, flatfish, somewhat tra- 

 pezoidal ; in the young cone, 

 mucronulate. (Lamb.) A tree. 

 Mexico, at Malpayo de la Joya, 

 in the cold region. Height 60 ft. 

 to 70 ft. Introduced in ? 1820, 

 and again by Hart vv eg in 1839, 

 in which year cones were distri- 

 buted extensively by the Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



1855. P. patula. 



Variety. 



t P. p. 2 joins sMctis Benth. 

 Plant. Hart. No. 442., 

 Gard. Mag. 1840, p. 638. 

 Cones smaller than 

 those of the species, and 



the leaves straighter. 1836 . j,. ptalla . 



Found by Hartweg near 

 Real del Monte. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



1 33. P. LL\VEA^NA Schiede. La Llave's Pine. 



Identification. Linnaea, vol. xii. p. 488. ; Pin. Wob-. p. 49. 



Synonymes. P.cembroldes Zucc. Flora, 1832 ; 2. Beibl. 93. ; the Mexican Cembra, Penny C^c.vo 1 IK 

 Our fig. J859. from a specimen of the tree in the London Horticultural Society's 



iarden ; fig. 1860. from a cone sent home by Hartweg ; and fig. 1858., a the cone, b the seed, from 

 a cone received from M. Otto of Berlin. 



Spec. Char., $e. Leaves short, narrow, triquetrous, slightly twisted, in thickly 

 set tufts on the branches, of a glaucous green. Branches in regular whorls, 

 smooth, of an ash grey, declining towards the stem. Buds exceedingly 

 small ; in form, and in every other respect, like those of Pinus hale- 

 pensis: the buds are scarcely iin. long, and from -^-in. to 1 in. broad; 

 roundish, with two 

 or three smaller 



buds. (See Jig. 



1857.) Leaves 



generally in 



threes, often in 



twos, and some- 

 times in fours, 



varying from 



If in. to 2f in. 



in length; flat 



on the upper 



