298 PINUS, OR 



from the base to a small point, quite firm, and resembling a 

 small cow's-hom. It is found on the Popocatepetl, in Mexico, 

 at an elevation of from 10,000 to 11,000 feet. 

 It appears to be quite new, and distinct. 



No. 65. PiNUS Devoniana, Lindley, the Duke of Devonshire's 



Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Blanco, Knight. 

 magnifica, Roezl. 

 „ Ocampi, Roezl. 

 „ „ Devoniana, Roezl. 



„ Thibaudiana, Roezl. 

 „ Zitacuaria, Roezl. 



Leaves in fives, very long, but rather slender and pendulous, 

 of a beautiful deep shining grass-green, from eight to nine 

 inches long, and rather sharp-pointed. Sheaths very long, 

 jough at the end, imbricated, and one inch long. Branches 

 very robust, few, and very irregular, and like those of the 

 Swarp Pine of the United States (P. palustris). Cones from 

 nine to ten inches long, and three inches in diameter near the 

 base, tapering to a blunt point, three-quarters of an inch wide, 

 solitary, pendulous, curved, blunt-pointed, and not very firm or 

 hard on the surface. Scales rather thin, one inch broad, but 

 smaller tov/ards both ends, rounded at the top, and irregularly 

 four- sided, with a slightly elevated transverse line and project- 

 ing point in the centre, which is depressed and smooth. Seeds 

 rather small, with the wings nearly one inch and a half long. 



A large tree, growing from 60 to 80 feet high in the mining 

 districts of Mexico, on the mountains of OcotiUo, between Keal 

 del Monte and Eegala, and on the "Cumbra," or highest point of 

 the mountains. It is called by the inhabitants " Pino Blanco," 

 or the White Pine, on account of its timber being that colour, 

 and " Pino-real," or Royal Pine, on account of its noble appear- 

 ance and splendid long foliage. 



Mr. Hartweg first discovered it in Mexico in 1839. 



It is tolerably hardy. 



