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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



3. P. RussellWna. 



1881. P. Monteziimtf. 



42. P. MONTEZU'MJS Lamb. Montezuma's, or the rough-branched 

 Mexican, Pine. 



ov. Gen. et Sp. PI. 2. p. 4., Deppe in Schlecht. 



E^ra^s. P L 7 amb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. 1. 22. ; and our figs. 1881. and 1884. from Lambert. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves in fives, erect, triquetrous ; sheaths about 1 in. long, 

 persistent. Cones oblong, about 9 in. long, tuberculate. (Lamb. Pin.) A 

 tall tree. Orizaba, and other mountains of Mexico, to the height of 11 00 ft. 



Variety. 



1 P. M. 2 Lindleyi (Jigs. 1882. and 

 1883., from specimens sent 

 home by Hartweg.) Cones with 

 the scales flattened, or very 

 slightly tuberculated at the tip. 

 Found on the road to Sumate, 

 where it grows from 40 ft. to 

 50 ft. high. The cones of P. 

 Montezumcp, which were dis- 

 tributed by the Horticultural 

 Society in 1839, differ so much 

 from those of this species in 

 Mr. Lambert's possession, and 

 also from cones sent from 

 Mexico to Mr. Henchman, that 

 we have thought it advisable to 

 keep them distinct. The cones 

 in Mr. Lambert's possession are 

 much tuberculated, as are also 

 those of Mr. Henchman ; while 

 those distributed by the Hor- 

 ticultural Society have the tips of the scales almost flat ; and there- 

 fore we have thought it advisable to mark the Horticultural Society's 

 plant as a variety, till something more is known respecting it. 



A tall tree. Branchlets covered with thick scabrous bark. Leaves generally 

 in fives, rarely in threes or fours ; stipular, persistent, lanceolate, much pointed, 



1882. P. Moiiteziuno; Lindlejt. 



