6 



/ 



folded within each other. 



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northern parts of Hungary. The roots generally run, it seems, in an oblique or subhorizontal direction; 

 they are long, thiek, and hard/ elothed above ground with a brownish bark, shooting often to a eonsi- 

 derablc extent quite bare of earth. The branches proceed either immediately from the root, or from a 

 low radicating trunk, scattered, long, and pliable. They are commonly about four or five feet m height, 

 but in some instances will exceed that of a man by one foot or more. On the upper part the branches 

 are extremely thick, and covered with a strong ash-coloured bark, which is rendered very rough and 

 uneven by the tubercles of the fallen leaves. The smallest branches are very short as well as thick, 

 bent in at the base, and naked to a certain height, but at the upper part they are profusely leaved and 



The leaves spring from a dry, jagged, brownish sheath, and arc of a woody 

 texture, being firm and tough. They are slightly incurvated, often twisted, and obtuse. The under 

 surface is flat, or but slightly concave, the upper convex, the margins are minutely serrated. They 

 are smooth, shining, faintly striated, and of a green colour, approaching to yellow at the pomts. 

 Their length is from one to one inch and a half, and the breadth scarcely one fourth part of a line. The 

 maleflozuer^ are terminal, and grow several in a bunch. The /;?7za/6' lateral, sessile, invariably erect, 

 sometimes single, sometimes collected into a bunch to the number of ten or tw^elvc, ovate or subglobose, 

 and resemble very much those of P. Larix, both in size and shape; in colour they are brownish, or 

 inclined to purple. The ^qtcamce, or scales, are imbricated, in their more advanced state, often open 

 and without the apex that appears in the earlier ones. There is a gibbosity outwards; and on the 

 inner side, somewhat of a concavity is observable. This tree though of humble growth, when planted 

 on a lawn, assumes a handsome and ornamental appearance. It was supposed to be a variety of P. ^yL 

 vedtrid, but I had made a distinct species of it before I saw Hsenke's description. What distinguishes 

 it particularly from the latter is, the young cones which grow erect and sessile until they are above one 

 year old, when they become horizontal; and they can scarcely be said to be pendent, even when they 

 are full grown ; whereas those of P. 4ylve^tru have long peduncles, and become pendent soon after they are 

 impregnated with the pollen. The cones of P. Fumilio are of a looser texture, and. but slightly attached 

 to the tree. When the branches of this tree are broken, a transparent resin of a very fragrant smell 

 exudes, and this is collected and sold in the form of a native Balsam. A sort of empyreumatic cethereal 

 oil is obtained by distillation from the burned branches, and sold in Hungary, under the name of 

 Krumholz oil. 



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There is a specimen in the Herbarium of Sir Joseph Banks, marked in Miller's own hand- writing 

 Fi7iit<) Tatarica, which without doubt belongs to Flmu FiuiiiUo. 



Pimu Mugliiu, Jacq. Ic. rar. tab, 103, does not belong to P, Piwiilio, but appears to be only a 

 variety oi P. 4ylve4tru from a specimen I examined in the Herbarium at Oxford. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 2 



A. Male Catkin. 



B. 

 C. 



Anthera. 

 Female Catkin; 



D, D. Separate scales. 



e. 



Young cones in their natural situation. 



f. f. Ripe cones. 



4 J. 



h. 



« 



1. 



K. 



A separate scale. . 

 Seed. 



Leaves with their sheath. 

 Point of a leaf magnified. 



