LXXVII. CONI FER^ : PINUS. 



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1 2. P. (s.) pumi'lio HtsnJee. The dwarf, or Mountain, Pine. 



Identification. Haenke Beob., fi8. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 2. 



Synonymes. P. sjlvestris montina y Ait. Ilort. Kew. ed. 1.3. p. 366. ; P. s. htimilis y AVai ; P, 



humilis, &c., Tourn. Inst. 586., Link Abharid. p. 171. ; Pin nain, Fr. ; Krumholz, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 2. ; our^^. 1765. to our usual scale ; audj?gs. 1763. and 1764. 



of the natural size. 



Sjiec. Char., Sfc. Branches generally recumbent. Leaves short, stiff, some- 

 what twisted ; thickly distributed over the branches, with long, lacerated, 

 woolly, white sheaths. Cones, when young, erect ; when mature, pointing 

 outwards. Buds {fg. 1763.) ovate, blunt, resinous. Leaves (^Jig. 1764. c) 



1765. 



1764. 



P (s.) pumllio. 



1765. 



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from 2 in. to 2^ in. long; sheaths, at first, from i in. to If in. long, white 

 and lacerated ; afterwards falling off or shrinking to i in. or i in. long, and 

 becoming dark brown or black. Cones (c?) from 1^ in. to 2 in. long, and 

 from fin. to 1 in. broad; reddish or dark purplish brown when young, and 

 of a dull brown when mature. Scales (6) and seeds () resembling those 

 of P. sylvestris, but smaller. Cotyledons 5 to 7. A large spreading bush, 

 or low tree. Europe, on mountains. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Litroduced 

 in 1779. Flowering and ripening its cones at the same tim.e as the Scotch 

 pine, when in a similar locality. 



Varieties. 



P. (5.) J)- 2 ruhrcEJloTa. Flowers red. 



P. (s.) f. 3 Fischeri Booth, Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836, Lawson's Man. 

 p. 333. In the shoots and foliage, it bears so strong a resemblance 

 to P. (s.) pumilio, that we doubt very much if it even merits to be 

 considered as a variety of that species. In- 

 troduced in 1832. H. S. 

 P. (s.) p. 4 Miighus. P. s. Mitgho Matt. 

 Camer. ; P. montana Baum. Cat. ; P. Mitgho 

 Jacq., Poir., and N. Du Ham. v. p. 233. 

 t. 68. (our figs. 1766. and 1767., the latter 

 showing the cone, seed, scale, and sheath of 

 leaves, of the natural size) ; P. echinata 

 Hort. ; P. uncinata Pamond in Dec, Lodd. 

 Cat. ed. 1836; the Mugho wild Pine; Pin 

 Mugho, Torchepin, Pin suffis, Pin crin, Pin 

 du Brianconnais, Pin de Montague, Fr. ; 

 Bergfichte, Ger. ; Mughi, Ital. This variety 

 is included by Aiton and others in the pre- 

 ceding one; but, having seen both sorts 

 bearing cones, we are satisfied that they are 

 distinct, though they bear so close a resem- 

 blance to each other in foliage and habit, nee. p. (s.) iiu^Au* 



