THE WAVED-LEAVED PINE-APPLE. 



The Waved-Leaved Pine. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p. 14. 

 Ananassa debilis. Lindlei/ in Bot. Regjol. 1068 in textu. 



This Pine was first introduced into notice by 

 Mr. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery ; but its origin is 

 unknown. It is readily distinguished from all others 

 by its flaccid, waved leaves, which never acquire the 

 rigid, erect character of the Queen Pine and its 

 varieties. From its peculiar habit, it has been con- 

 sidered, in the work above quoted, as a distinct 

 species! It fruits in about two years from the 



sucker. 



Leaves large, flaccid, spreading, wavy, dark 

 green, slightly mealy above, and stained with dull 

 purple ; teeth reddish, small, equal sized ; the full- 

 grown leaves are about three feet long, and a well- 

 grown fruiting plant occupies a space of about three 

 feet in diameter. 



Flowers pale purple. 



Fruit oblong, or tun-shaped ; before ripening 

 very deep green, when ripe dull yellow, with a 

 greenish cast on one side; nearly destitute of meali- 

 ness. Pips projecting, middle-sized, pointed, as 

 long as the scales, the uppermost of which are nearly 

 destitute of a point, the lowest have a withered, 



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