LXXVII. CONIFERS : PI NUS. 



953 



1762. P. s. uncinata. 



article before quoted, as a remarkable va- 



riet}', quite distinct both from P. s. vulgaris 



and P. s. horizontalis. It will be observed 



that this hooked cone is quite diiferent, both 



in its general form, and the form of its 



scales, from the cone of P. (s.) p. Mughiis, 



which is also often called /-*. unciniita. 

 f P. s. 4 hagiienensis. Pin de Haguenau, Fr. ; 



Rothentanne of Schdttel, seedsman, Ras- 



tadt. This variety was introduced from the 



Forests of Haguenau (whence its name) and 



Rastadt, on both sides of the Rhine. It 



is thus described in Lawson's Manual : 



" The old trees are remarkably tall, straight, 



free from branches, except near the summit, 



with remarkably smooth reddish-coloured 



bark. The leaves of the young plants are 



longer than those of any of the preceding 



varieties ; they are much waved or twisted, 



of a light green slightly glaucous colour, and 



minutely serrulated ; the young terminal buds 



are of a peculiar reddish colour, and generally more or less 



covered with whitisii resin. The young plants are, besides their 



difference in shade of colour, readily distinguished by their stronger 



and more rapid growth." {Agricult. Manual, p. 230.) 

 t P. s. 5 rigensis. Pin de Riga, Desf. Hint. t. ii. p. 61. ; Pin de Russie, 



Pin de Mature, Fr. This variety is said to constitute the forests 



of Lithuania and Livonia. 



Other Timber Tree Varieties. The names of several might be given from 

 books ; but, as we could neither accompany them with descriptions nor 

 synonymes, nor refer to any place where living plants may be seen, we 

 consider that it w ould be of very little use. P. s. altissima, in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden, is a strong-growing variety, resembling the 

 pin de Haguenau, and is probably identical with it, though raised from 

 Caucasian seeds ; but P. altissima is a name more generally applied to P. 

 Laricio than to P. sylvestris. 



b. Varieties curious or ornamental. 



f P. ^. 6 genevensis. Pin de Tarare, Fr. ; the Geneva wild Pine. There 

 is a plant of this variety in the Horticultural Society's Garden, a 

 portrait of which is given in Arb. Brit., 1st edit. vol. viii., by which 

 it appears to be a low crooked tree, with numerous twisted branches, 

 extending consitlerably at the base. 



i I*, s. 7 vionopli^lla Hodgms. The leaves are long and glaucous, and 

 those of each sheath are generally attached to each other through- 

 out their length ; though when the points are taken between the 

 finger and thumb, and the apparently single leaf twisted, it separates 

 into two, and sometimes into three, leaves. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



t P. . 8 scariosa, P. scariosa Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; ? P. squamosa Base 

 Nouv. fours d'Agr. art. Pin, and Arb. Brit. 1st edit. p. 2292. Cones 

 small, with long scales, flat at the tips, and bent back. Native of 

 the Lower Alps. (Base.) A French variety. Introduced about 

 1820. 



1 P. s. 9 intermedia. This is a Russian variety, having slender young 



shoots depressed towards the stem, and leaves shorter and less glau- 

 cous than those of the species. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



2 P. 5. 10 altdica Ledebour. Raised from seeds received from Dr. Lede- 



bour in 1836. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



