LXXVIl. CONlFERiE : Pi NUS. 



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Spec. Char., S^c: Leaves in fives, 

 slender, short. Branches glaucous. 

 Cones pendulous, verticillate, ovate, 

 acute. Scales rhoniboidal, pyra- 

 midal, straight, sometimes prolonged 

 and contracted in the middle. Seeds 

 oval, four times shorter tlian the 

 linear wing. (Lincll.) A tree. 

 Mexico, near Apulco, in ravines. 

 Height 30 ft. Introduced in 1839, 

 by cones sent home by Hartweg, 

 from which many plants have been 

 raised. 



1900. P. apulc^nsis. 



The short leaves and very glaucous 

 shoots, the ovate cones, covered closely 

 with py amidal elevations, which are 

 sometimes prolonged and contracted in 

 the middle, especially those near the 

 points of the cones, readily distinguish 

 this from all other species. The leaves 

 are 6 in. long. The cones are about 

 4 in. long, being rather larger than a 

 hen's egg ; the backs of the scales are 

 sometimes prolonged into a hook, par- 

 ticularly those nearest the base and the 

 point. 



b. Natives of the West Indies. 



t 49. P occidenta'lis Swartz. The 

 West-Indian Pine. 



Identification. Swartz Prod., 103. ; H. B. et 



Kunth N. Gen., 2. p. 4. ; Linnjea, vol. v. p. 76. ; 



Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 23. 

 Synonymes. P. fbliis quinis, &c.. Plum. Cat. 17. ; 



LJirix americana Town. Inst. 586. ; Ocote, 



Mexican. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 23. ; N. Du 



Hara., h. t. 72. f. 2. ; and our fig. 1901. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in fives, pale 

 green, slender ; sheaths persistent. 

 Cones conical, half the length of the 

 leaves ; scales thickened at the apex, 

 with very small mucros. (Lois.) St. 

 Domingo, in the quarter of Saint 

 Suzanne, on mountains where snow 

 occasionally falls ; and where it grows 

 to the height of from 25 ft. to 30 ft., 

 with leaves 6 in. long, of a fine green, 

 and cones somewhat larger than 

 those of P. sylvestris. 



A very doubtful species, but we have 

 retained it, as we have done some 

 others of the same kind. 



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1901 P. occidentalis 



