. cxni. 



2273 



2185 



xiii. Leiophylla. 



Sect. Char. Leaves long, slender, soft, with caducous sheaths ; cones tu- 

 bercled. 



1 37. P. LEIOPHY'LLA Schiede et Deppe MSS. The smooth-leaved Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. L21. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 21. j and our Jig. 2186., from Lambert's figure. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Leaves in fives, very slender ; sheaths deciduous. Cones 

 ovate, stalked. Scales depressed, truncate. (Lamb. Pin.) Bud closely 

 resembling that of P. canariensis. (fig. 2162. in p.2261.) Leaves, in the 

 Dropmore and Boyton specimens, from 5 in. to 6 in. in length, very slender, 

 and pendent, closely set on the branches, and forming large tufts at the 

 extremities of the shoots. The stem and old wood readily emit leaves and 

 shoots from adventitious buds. A native of Mexico, between Cruzblanca 

 and Jalacinga, in the cold region. 



Description. Branchlets covered with a deciduous epidermis. Buds imbri- 

 cated with lanceolate, acuminate, brown scales, scarious, white, and torn on 

 the margin. Leaves in fives, very slender, triquetrous, mucronate; bicanali- 



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