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FINDS, OB 



No, 19. PiNUS PiNEA, L., the Italian Stone Pine. 



Syn. Pinus sativa, Bauhin. 



domestica, Matth — . 

 Pinea Arctica, Hort. 

 Aracanensis, Knight. 

 Pinea Chinensis, Knight. 



„ Americana, Hort. 

 Maderiensis, Tenore. 



Leaves in twos, from five to eight inches long, straight, very 

 robust, and of a deep shining green ; those on the young plants 

 consist of a glaucous single bract-like leaf, thickly set on the 

 shoots, and without any sheaths, and from amongst which after- 

 wards spring the true leaves. Sheaths when young, half an 

 inch long, but afterwards become torn, and reduced to half their 

 length. Cones from five to six inches in length, and nearly round 

 or bluntly ovate, of a pale brownish glossy colour, very solid, 

 and not coming to maturity before the third year. Scales large, 

 from two to two inches and a half in length, and one inch 

 and a half broad, with the thickened part pyramidal, and 

 frequently six-sided, but mostly having but four ribs, from the 

 four angle,s, which terminate in a blunt prickle. Seeds very 

 large, three-quarters of an inch long, with rather broad, but 

 very short wings. Seed-leaves from nine to ten in number. 



A low tree, with a round, bushy appearance, from 1.5 to 20 

 feet high, which produces the Carpathian Balsam. It is found : 

 on the sandy coasts of Tuscany, and the States of the Church, 

 to the west of the Apennines, on the hills of Genoa and Tuscany, 

 frequently forming forests with the Cluster Pine (Pinus Pinaster), 

 and is cultivated throughout the whole of Italy, from the foot 

 of the Alps to Sicily, but is not commonly found higher than 

 1500 feet of elevation, except in the South of Italy, where it 

 attains an elevation of 2000 feet. It is cultivated along all the 

 shores of the Mediterranean, and in Greece, attains a height 

 of 50 or 60 feet, where its seeds or nuts form an extensive 

 article of commerce, as well as in Italy and the South of France. 



