264 PINUS, OR 



transverse scars, forming rhomboidal -shaped figures, which, in 

 due time are shed, and give the stem and branches a very 

 peculiar appearance. Cones ovate, or slightly conical, broadest 

 near the base, two inches and a half long, and one inch and a 

 half in diameter, and obtuse pointed. Scales rather more than 

 three-quarters of an inch across, four lines deep, concave, and thin, 

 with a slightly elevated keel or ridge, transversely placed across 

 the scale' near the upper or outer margin, and furnished in the 

 centre with a short, stout, reilexed point, a little sunkj; 

 the scales near the base of the cone are very small and 

 numerous. 



A middle-sized tree, found in the North of China, and much 

 cultivated by the Chinese on the island of Ghusan, and other 

 parts of China, in pots, as the " Lace-bark Pine." 



The Chinese call this Pine " Kieu-lung mu" (the skin, or 

 bark-shedding Pine), on account of its shedding its outer bark 

 every season. Why it is called the Lace-bark Pine is not very 

 evident. 



It is quite hardy. 



No. 29. PiNUS Canariensis, Smith, the Canary Island Pine. 



Leaves in threes, wavy, very long, slender, and spreading ; 

 seven inches long, of a shining grass-green, and slightly 

 angular; frequently pendulous when full-grown, and sharp- 

 pointed. Sheaths half an inch long, torn on the margin, and 

 much shorter on the old leaves. Branches rather numerous, 

 and regularly placed on the stem, with the branchlets rather 

 slender and drooping ; the larger branches and trunk produce 

 a number of short shoots, and tufts of leaves. Cones oblong, 

 cylindrical, five inches and a half long, and two inches and a 

 half wide, quite straight, without any foot-stalk, and with a 

 hard, glossy surface. Scales one inch broad, terminating in an 

 irregular pyramid, not much elevated, and irregularly four-sided 

 with a blunt point. Seeds half an inch long, with wings one 

 inch and three-eighths long. 



A large tree, growing 60 or 70 feet high, on the mountains of 



