LXXVII. CONI FER/E : PI NUS. 



1003 



young shoots are very 

 nearly 1 in. in diameter, and 

 look very like those of PI- 

 nus palustris. This noble 

 species of pine, worthy of 

 the princely patron of gar- 

 dening in honour of whom 

 it is named, it is thought 

 will probably prove hardy 

 in British gardens. 



t 41. P. RUSSELL/^ \!VJ. 

 Lindl. Russell's, or the 

 Duke of Bedford's, Pine. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 



M. Chron., 1839, No. 97. 

 Engravings. Our figs. 1879. and 

 1880. from specimens sent home 

 ' by Hart w eg. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves 

 in fives, very long. Cones 

 elongate, horizontal, 

 slightly drooping, verti- 

 cillate, straightish, sessile. 

 Scales rhomboidal at the 

 apex, pyramidal, straight, 

 obtuse. Seeds oblong, 

 four times shorter than 

 their blackish wing. 

 (Lindl.) A large tree. 

 Mexico, on the road 

 from San Pedro to San 

 Pablo, near Real del 

 Monte. Height, ?. In- 

 troduced in 1839, by 

 cones sent to the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of 

 London by Hartweg, 

 which have been exten- 

 sively distributed, and 

 from which many plants 

 have been raised. 



The cones are about 

 7 in. long, l|in. broad at 

 the base, and they termi- 

 nate in a point ; the scales 

 are a little elevated, so as 

 to form a small pyramid, 

 with a somewhat promi- 

 nent apex. The leaves are 

 7^ in. in length, with sheaths 

 of upwards of 1 in. in 

 length. A very noble spe- 

 cies, worthy of the house 

 of Russell, and of comme- 

 morating the publication 

 of the Pinelum Woburn- 



1870. P. Kus-,ell;/w. 



