1008 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1SS6. P. macrophylla. 



t 44. P. Pseu'do-^tro'bus Lindl, 



p. Pseiido-Jlrobus. 



Cones oval, verti- 

 erect, straiditish. 



The False- Strobus, or False Weijmouth^ 

 Pine. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., M. Chron., 1839, No. 99. 

 Engravings, Our figs. 1887, 1888. from specimens sent home by Hartweg. 



Si^ec. Char., ^c. Leaves in fives, very slender, glaucescent. 

 cillate, horizontal. Scales rhomboidal at apex, pyramidal 

 with a transverse elevated line. Seeds oval, four or five times shorter than 

 the blackish wing, {Lindl,) A tree. Mexico, at Anganguco, 8000 ft. 

 above the sea. Height ?. Introduced in 1839, by cones sent home by Hart- 

 weg, from which many plants have been raised. 



The leaves are five, and glaucous like those of the Weymouth pine ; but 

 the cones differ in being thickened at the apex, in tiie manner of other Mexican 

 pines. The cones are between 4 and 5 inches long, by 1-i-in. in diameter at 

 the middle, pointed and curved. 



2 45. P. filifo'lia Lincll. The thread-leaved Pine. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg, 1840, M. R., No. 132. ; Gard. Mag., 1840, p. 639. 

 Engravings. Ourjigs. 1889, 1890. in p. 1010, 1011. from specimens sent home by Hartweg. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Branches rigid, thick. Scales of the bud linear, very 

 acuminate, and with very long ciliae. Leaves in fives, very long (lift.) 

 acutely triangular ; sheaths long, smooth, persistent. Cones elongate, ob- 

 tuse, 7 or 8 inches in length ; scales with lozenge-shaped, depressed, pyra- 

 midal apices, and terminating in a callous obtuse mucro. (Lindl.) A noble 

 tree, with branches as stout as those of P. australis or .stouter. Guatemala, 

 on the Volcan del Fuego. Introduced in 1840 by the Horticultm-al Society. 

 H. S. 



The leaves of this species are from 12 in. to 13 or 14 inches in length, 

 which is longer than those of any other pine previously discovered- Abun- 

 dance of plants of it have been raised in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 and other places ; but it is to be feared that they will not prove hardy in 

 the climate of London. 



