316 



THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



Tubeuf, P. Mughus, Scop.)- Mugho P. Cone symmetrical, 1-1 H inches long, 

 conical or conic-oval, with much-flattened apophyses and usually prickly 

 umbo, not bloomy, yellowish-brown before ripening, cinnamon-brown when 

 ripe. Usually shrubby and prostrate. Eastern Alps to Bosnia. 



Var. pumilio, Zenari (P. montana var. 

 pumilio, Wil\k.\aT. frutescens erecta,TuheuL 

 P. pumilio, Haenke. P. carpatica, Hort.). 

 Bush P. Fig. 85. Cone symmetrical, sub- 

 globose to ovoid, before maturity glau- 

 cous and usually violet-purple, ripe yel- 

 lowish- or dark brown. Usually shrubby 

 and upright. Mountains of Germany to 

 the Alps and Balkan Peninsula. 



Var. rotundata, Hoopes (P. montana 

 var. rotundata, Willk. P. rotundata, Link). 

 Cone oblique and asymmetrical, conical or 

 ovoid, 13^-2 inches long, spreading or bent 

 downward, with the lower and occasionally 

 the middle scales on the outer side ending 

 in a short and blunt slightly reflexed pyra- 

 midal apophysis. Usually a tree to 30 feet 

 tall, with several stems. Mountains of 

 Germany, Carpathian Mountains, and Alps. 

 Var. rostrata, Hoopes (P. montana var. 

 uncinata, Willk. var. arborea, Tubeuf. var. 

 rostrata, VJiWk. P. uncinata. Ram.). Cones 

 asymmetrical and very oblique, conic-ovoid, 2-23/2 inches long, directed 

 downward; the scales on the outer side strongly developed, their much- 

 elongated pyramidal apophyses ending in hook-like processes directed to- 

 ward the base of the cone. Usually a tree with a single stem, some- 

 times to 80 feet tall. Pyrenees to western Alps. 



A few garden forms belonging to the first two varieties are in cultivation. 

 Var. compacta, D. Hill, is a handsome form of dense almost subglobose habit 

 with slender bright green leaves. 



25. P. leucodermis, Ant. (P. Laricio var. leucodermis, Christ. P. nigra 

 var. leucodermis, Rehd.). Graybark P. Tree to 60 feet tall, of regular 

 pyramidal habit; bark light gray, broken into angular plates; branchlets 

 bloomy when young, grayish- white the second and third year; winter-buds 

 oblong-ovoid, not resinous, the scales brown with white tips or almost grayish- 

 white: leaves more or less appressed and incurved toward the branch, stiff, 

 13^-23^2 inches long, pungent or obtusish, bright green: cone ovoid, about 3 

 inches long, similar to that of P. nigra, but yellowish or light brown, scarcely 



85. Pinus Mugo var. pumili 



