THE TRUE PINES. 301 



No. 67. PiNTJS FILIFOLIA, Lindley, the Thread-leaved Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Skinnerii, Forbes. 



„ „ Aztecaensis, Roezl. 



„ „ bullata, Roezl. 



„ „ Henderson!, Roezl. 

 „ Jostii, Roezl. 



„ „ Keteleeri, Roezl. 



„ „ Miehoacaensis, Roezl. 

 „ nitida, Roezl. 



„ „ Ocote, Roezl. 



„ „ vallida, Roezl. 



„ „ Van-Geerti, Roezl. 



„ „ Zamoraensis, Roezl. 

 Leaves in fives, from twelve to fourteen inches long, acutely 

 triangular, of a dull green colour, rather stout, and curved out- 

 wards, particularly the older leaves. Sheaths long, smooth, 

 and persistent, or not falling off. Branches few, irregular, and 

 very robust, resembling those of the Swamp Pine of America, 

 and densely clothed with its beautiful long leaves. Cones 

 elongated, or conical, tapering from the base to a blunt point, 

 seven or eight inches long, with a smooth and rather hard 

 surface. Scales one inch across, rather equally four-sided, de- 

 pressed, and pyramidal in the centre, terminated by a hard 

 blunt point. Seeds middle sized, with the wings one inch and 

 a quarter long. 



A very handsome tree, growing from forty to sixty feet high, 

 abimdant in Guatemala, particularly near Santiago, and on 

 the " Volcan del Fuego," in exposed places, and on the moun- 

 tains near Guatemala (City). It is also found growing on the 

 Sierra of Zacatlan, on the road between Mexico and Tampico, 

 at an elevation of 7000 feet ; a tree sixty feet high, with a 

 most beautiful appearance on account of its short branches, 

 being furnished with long, curved leaves, bending in a graceful, 

 plume-like manner at the ends of the shoots. 



It is very tender, and produces a light white timber of little 

 value. 



