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AllBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



surface, and cylindrical, with 

 a rib below ; sheaths short, 

 and caducous. Cones small, 

 consisting of very few scales, 

 which are about a in. long, 

 roundish and obtuse. The 

 scales are keel-shaped be- 

 low, deeply concave, with 



1S60. P. Llaveana. 



1859. P. Uavehna. 



two deep receptacles for the 



seeds. Seeds without wings, 



of an egg shape reversed, 



dark grey or brownish, 



about 6 or 7 lines long, and 



about 4 lines thick at the 



upper end, but diminishing in size towards the lower extremity, which is 



obtuse. (Sch/eckt. in LinncBa, 1. c.) A low tree. Mexico, between Zimapan 



and Real del Oro, in forests; and also occasionally cultivated in gardens 



for the seeds, as ^;he stone pine is in Italy, and the neoza pine in the 



Himalaj'as. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1830, and quite hardy 



in British gardens. 



The seeds are edible, and very well tasted ; and they are sold in Mexico 

 under the name of Pinones, as those of the stone pine are in Italy under the 

 name of Pinocchi. The young tree is of a very singular and beautiful charac- 

 ter, and will doubtless soon find a place in every collection. 



C. Natives of the Canaries, India, Persia, China, and Australia. 

 5 34. P. canarie'nsis C. Smith. The Canary Pine. 



Identification. C. Smith in Buch F!. Can., p. 32. and 34. ; Dec. PI. Rar. Jard. Gen., 1. p. 1. 

 Synonyme. ? P. adiinca Bosc, according to Sprengel. 



Engravings. Dec. PI. Rar. Jard. Gen., 1. t. 1, 2. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 28. ; our Jig. 1S64. to 

 our usual scale ; aadjigs. 1861. to 1863. of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., i.fc. Leaves in threes, very long and spreading, rough. 

 Crest of the anthers round, entire. Cones oblong, tuberculate. 

 (Lamb. Pin.) Buds, in the Dropmore specimen (see^g. 1861.), 

 from ^in. to lin. long, and from -^ in. to -5% in. broad ; dry and 

 scaly, white, and without resin. Leaves (see Jig. 1862.) from 

 7 in. to 7^ in. long, and slender ; sheaths from a in. to ^ in. long, 

 whitish, membraneous, torn at the margin, and brownish at the 

 base. Cone, in Lambert's figure, 5J in. long, and 2|in. broad; 

 scale 2 in. long, and l^in. broad, terminating in an irregular pyra- 

 midal process, at the apex of which is a blunt point, like that of P. 

 Pinaster. Scales (see ^g. 1863.) 2 in. long, and li in. broad. 



