Lxxvii. coni'fer^ : PiVus. 



1005 



with ciliated and torn 

 scales ; erect, waved, 

 somewhat rigid, tri- 

 quetrous, callous, and 

 mucronate ; glaucous 

 green, marked with 

 many parallel dotted 

 lines ; slightly bica- 

 naiiculate above, and 

 flattisli beneath ; 6 in. 

 long ; angles crenu- 

 lated, and scabrous : 

 sheaths 1 in. to l^in. 

 long, persistent : scales 

 amentaceous, ciliate 

 and torn on the mar- 

 gin, bright brown. 

 Male catkins cylindri- 

 cal, I in. long, with 

 many imbricated, oval, 

 ciliated scales at the 

 base. Appendage to 

 the anthers roundish, 

 convex, coriaceous, 

 membranaceous on the 

 margin, torn, and cre- 

 nulated. Cones ob- 

 long, tubercled, bright 

 brown, thicker at the 

 base, a little attenu- 

 ated towards the apex, 

 about Gin. long ; scales 

 elevated at the apex, 

 bluntly tetragonal, 

 truncate, very thick. 

 (^Lamb.) Mr. Lam- 

 bert says : " Baron 

 Humboldt has re- 

 ferred this species 

 to Pinus occidentiilis 

 Swartz; but I have 

 ventured to separate 

 Jt, as the size of the 

 cones, which may, in 

 general, be relied on 

 as indicating a specific 

 distinction in this ge- 

 nus, differs so nmch." 

 Those described by 

 Swartz are only 3 in. 

 long, whereas those 

 of P. Montezimics are 

 more than double that 

 length, \^'hether this 

 species will prove 

 quite hardy in British 

 gardens is not, as far as we are aware, at present ascertained. Something 

 may doubtless be accomplished with this and other species by grafting on 

 more hardy kinds. 



18S3. P. Monteiumffi LindI5y{. 



