2214 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Synonymes. P. sylvestris -y Lin. Syst. Reich., 4. p. 172. ; P. maritima Sltera Du Ham. Arb., No. 4. 

 t. 29., Du Roi Harbk., ed. Pott, 2. p. 59. ; P. maritima A T . Du Ham. ,5. p. 240 P sfrtica There 

 Prom, sur les Cotes de Gascogne. p. 161. ; Pin de Bordeaux, Pin des Landes 



Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., No. 4. t. 29. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 9. ; N. Du Ham 5. t 7 and 

 72. bis f. 1. ; our fig. 2105., to our usual scale ; figs. 2100. and 2101., of the natural size, from Drop- 

 more and Pain's Hill specimens ; and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves in pairs, rigid, very long. Cones conical, placed in 

 whorls of 3, 4, or even as many as 8, together ; rarely solitary, much shorter 

 than the leaves ; the backs of the scales forming each a rhomboidal pyramid, 

 with two lateral angles, from which proceed ribs, terminating at the sum- 

 mit of the pyramid in a smaller pyramid, which has a hard point, more or less 

 sharp, and of a grey colour. Crest of the anthers rounded. 

 {N. Du Ham., and obs.) Bud (fig. 2100.) from fin. to f in. 

 long; and from |in. to iin. broad; straight-sided, cylindrical, 

 pointed, imbricated, with the scales turned back ; white and 

 woolly, but never resinous; surrounding buds few and small. 

 Leaves (see fig. 2101.) from Gin. or 8 in. to 1 ft. in length, 

 slightly soirrated on the margins; sheaths from i in. to fin. in 

 length; imbricated, scarcely rigid; pale green or whitish at 

 first, and becoming at last black. Cones from 4 in. to 6 in. in 

 length, and from If in. to 2| in. wide at the broadest part; 

 light brown, and shining; scales from 1 in. to IA in. in length, 

 and from A in. to fin. in breadth at the widest part; ter- 

 minating in a regular pyramid ; rhomboidal at the base. The 

 summit consisting of a smaller rhomboidal pyramid, of an ash-grey colour, 

 very hard, and with a small sharp point, more particularly in the upper part 

 of the cone. Seeds oblong, and measuring, without the wing, upwards of 

 f-in. in length, and nearly in. in breadth ; with the wing above If in. in 

 length ; wing nearly ^ in. in breadth. Cotyledons 7 or 8. The tree flowers, 

 near London, in the beginning of June ; in the north and west of France, in 

 May; and on the Landes of Bordeaux, in April. 



Varieties. The extensive geographical range of this tree has given rise to 

 many varieties, though we have seen but very few that can be considered 

 truly distinct. In the Nouveau Du Hamel, only one is mentioned ; but 

 it is added, that, in the Landes of Bordeaux, in the sandy downs along 

 the sea coast, where the trees send down their taproots to a great depth, 

 some are to be found which produce clusters of cones from 30 or 40 to 80, 

 or even 100, in a cluster. This is stated by Loiseleur Deslongchamps, on 

 the authority of Dr. Thore of Dax, who adds that this luxuriance of vege- 

 tation is not constant; for the same trees which have borne so many cones 

 in one year, are found, in other years, with very few, or none; it cannot, 

 therefore, be considered as a variety. The pinaster appears also to be indi- 

 genous to, or to have been introduced into, several ultra-European countries; 

 and plants raised from seeds received from these countries have had names 

 given to them in British gardens, though hardly, as we think, meriting that 

 distinction. We shall, however, give all the varieties of which we have 

 seen plants, and leave the reader to judge for himself. 



1 P. P. 2 escarenus, P. escarena Risso. The leaves are of a paler green 

 than those of the species, but they are equally long and strong. The 

 cones are shorter, and more ovate. This is the most distinct and 

 handsome variety of pinaster that we have seen : it was first intro- 

 duced into Britain by the Earl of Aberdeen, in 1825; the tree 

 having been pointed out to His Lordship in that year, by M. Risso, 

 at Nice, as growing, though rather sparingly, in the mountains, 

 about J2 or 15 miles from that city. From seeds brought to Eng- 

 land by Lord Aberdeen, plants were raised ; and one presented by 

 him to Lord Grenville bore cones in 1836, and is now (1837) 

 17ft. high: one presented to the London Horticultural Society, 

 after being 8 years planted, is now 1 1 ft. high, but has not yet 

 borne cones. 



