LXXVII. CONIFER.^ : PI NUS. 



993 



smooth, about 4 in. long. Scales 

 dilated at the apex, much de- 

 pressed, flattish, 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 Hartvveg in 1839, 

 in which year cones were distri- 

 buted extensively by the Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



1S55. P. putula. 





lS5fl. J>. pitula. 



P. p. 2fdliis stricth Benth. 

 Plant. Hart. No. 442., 

 Gard. Mag. 1840, p. 638. 

 Cones smaller than 

 those of the species, and 

 the leaves straighter. 

 Found by Hartweg near 

 Real del Monte. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



i 33. P. Llave./'.vj Schiede. La Llave's Pine. 



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



Si/noni/mes. P . cembroides Zucc. Flora, 1832 ; 2. Beibl. 93. ; the Mexican Cembra, Penny Cyc. vol.18. 



Engravings. Our fig. 1869. from a' specimen of the tree in the London Horticultural Society's 



Garden ; fig. 1860. from a cone sent home by Hartweg ; and fig. 185S., a the cone, i the seed, from 



a cone received from M. Otto of Berlin. 



Spec. Char., c^c. Leaves short, narrow, triquetrous, slightly twisted, in thickly 

 set tufts on the brandies, 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 .i-in. long, and from ^V'"- toiin. broad; 

 roundish, with two 

 or three smaller 



buds. (Seejig. 



1857.) Leaves 



general! V in 



tlirees, often in 



twos, and some- 

 times in fours, 



varying from 

 in. to 2 J in. 

 length : flat 



on the upper 



1S57. 



in 



3 s 



18i8 P. I,lave<iM. 



