TAB, 2 



2. PINUS PUMILIO. 



THE MUGHO, OR MOUNTAIN PINE. 



KRUMHOLZ. Germ. 



m 



■ PiNUS PuMiLio foliis geminis abbreviatis strictis, strobilis ovatis obtusis minimis: junioribus sessilibus 



erectis. 



P. sylvestris montana^. ML Kew. v. 3. 306. 



P. sylves. pumilisy. NeaL Cat. Hort, Blackh. 50. _ 



P. Mughus, Die Roi Ilarbk. ed, ToU. v. 2. 41. Scop. Cam, n. II95. Wilden. Berlin. Baum%, 20d. 



P. conis erectis. Tournef. Inst. 586. Scheuch%. It,46o. DuhameLArh. v. 2. 126. 7i. 13. 



P. humilis, julo purpurascente. Tournef. hut. 5S6. BuJiamel. Arh. v. 2. 126. n. 12. 



P. sadeticus scit carpaticus. Ungaruch. Mag. 3 ter hand. 38. 



Pinaster conis erectis. Baith. Pi?i. 4Q2. 



P. Pumilio ex monte Arba Bavariae. Cayner. Hort. 121 . 



P. Pumilio montanus. FarL \53f.f. 8. 



P. Pumilio. Cku. Paji. 15. Htejicke Beoh. 68. Hall Helvet. n. 1660. y. 



P. quartus austriaeus. Clu4. Hut. v.l. 32, 



Habitat in montosis Europsc australis 

 Floret Junio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Minima in hoc genere. Prsecedente longe Immilior, vix septempedalis, sarmentis repentibus, ramu- 

 lisque radicantibus. . Folia minora. Antlierarimi crista ampliata, biloba. Amejita fmminea nunquam 

 arcuato-rccurva. Strohili ovati, obtusi, duplo quam in preecedente minores. 



The specimen from which the figure was taken, was obligingly presented to me by John Black- 

 burn, Esq. of Orford. The tree was planted by that gentleman's father, who possessed one of the 

 finest collections of exotic plants In the kingdom, an account of which may be seen in Neal's Catalogue, 

 and which is still kept up with great care and attention. 



The Mugho Pine grows on the tops of the highest mountains, where scarcely any other tree is to 

 be found, and it often covers with its thick and almost impenetrable branches a very extensive tract. 

 Hscncke has given the most complete description of it that I can find, and this is copied by our coun- 

 tryman Townson, who observed this species to be very exuberant on the mountains of the more 



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