THE TRUE PINES. 245 



PiNUS MuGHO ROSTRATA, Antome, the Beaked Mugho Pine. ' 



Syn. Pinus uncinata, Widch'vngton. 

 „ „ Montana, Bauma/nn. 

 „ „ echinata, Hort. 

 „ „ rubrseflora, Loudon. 

 „ „ sanguinea, Lapeyrouse. 



This variety differs in the scales of the cones being greatly 

 elevated, and hooked or beaked at the points, and much larger 

 than in the original, and is the kind described by Captain Wid- 

 drington (Cook) in his " Travels in Spain," where he discovered 

 it on the Pyrenees, a small tree, thirty feet high. 



PiNUS Mugho rotundata. Link, th^ Round-coned Mugho Pine. 



Syji. Pinus sylvestris, rotundata. Link. 

 „ „ „ brevifolia, Li/nJc. 



„ „ „ humilis. Link. 



„ „ Pumilio rotundata, Horf. 

 „ „ Montana, Wahlenberg. 



T];iis variety is found below P. Pumilio, on the Tyrol, but 

 readily to be distinguished from it, by its upright growth, and 

 formina; a small tree with a distinct stem. 



Pinus Mugho uliginosa, Wimmer, the Marsh Mugho Pine. 



Syn. Pinus Fischeri, Booth. 

 „ „ pyramidalis, Eeuss. 

 „ „ obliqua, Sauter. 



This is the Austrian form of P. Mugho, but very much more 

 robust in stature, forming a handsome pyramidal small tree. 



Pinus Mugho nana, Loudon, the Knee Pine. 



This variety never grows more than three feet high on th^ 

 Styrian Alps. 



