CHAP. CXIII. 



CON1 FKU/K. PI NUS. 



2267 



marked with many dotted lines; 

 6 in. to 9 in. long ; the intermediate 

 somewhat prominent angle, and 

 the margins, sharply serrated, 

 scabrous ; sheaths cylindrical, 1 in. 

 to lin. long; apex and margin 

 of the scales thread-like and cili- 

 ated. Cones ovate-oblong, smooth, 

 about 4 in. long ; scales dilated at 

 the apex, much depressed, flattish, 

 somewhat trapezoidal ; in the 



2175 



'2176 



young cone, mucronulate. (Lamb.) 

 Mr. Lambert states that he has 

 figured this species from specimens 

 received from MM. Schiede and 

 Deppe, and that he could add 

 nothing more than that it is abun- 

 dantly different from every other 

 species of the genus. He has a 

 plant at Boyton, which, in 1837, 

 was 6ft. high. 



Sect. Char. Sheaths 

 without prickles. 



xi. Llaveanse. 

 of the leaves caducous. 



Cones slightly tubercled, 



30. P. 



NA Otto. La Llave's Pine. 



Identification. The name affixed to the plant sent by M. Otto to the Horticultural Society. 

 Engravings. Our figs. 2180. and 2181., from specimens of the tree in the London Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves short, narrow, triquetrous, slightly twisted, in 

 thickly set tufts on the branches, of a glaucous green. Branches in regular 

 whorls, smooth, of an ash grey, declining towards the stem. Buds 

 exceedingly small, in form, and in every other respect, like those of 

 P. halepensis ; the buds are scarcely \ in. long, and from ^ in. to 

 | in. broad; roundish, with two or three smaller buds. (See fig. 

 2177.) Leaves generally in threes, often in twos, and sometimes 

 in fours, varying from If in. to 2f in. in length ; flat on the upper 

 surface, and cylindrical, with a rib below ; sheaths short, and ca- 

 ducous. Cones conical, pointed, 2^ in. long, and l^in. broad (see 

 fig. 2179); scale fin. long, and fin. broad; slightly tubercled, and 

 without prickles. Seed, ? A very handsome species, a native of 2177 

 Mexico. The plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden was received from 

 M. Otto of Berlin, about 1830 ; and, in 1837, was about 4 ft. 6 in. high. It 

 seems quite hardy, and likely to form one of the most elegant species of the 



