316 PINUS, OR 



towards the apex, and irregularly four-sided. Seeds middle- 

 sized, with rather broad wings, one inch long. Seed-leaves 

 seven or eight in number. 



A small tree, growing from 40 to 50 feet high, with an ample 

 spreading head, and rather pendulous branches, found on the 

 volcanic mountain of JoruUo, and in other temperate parts of 

 Mexico, in great abundance. 



It is not hardy in England, and has the following variety :— 



PiNUS oocARPOiDES, Bentham. 

 Syn. Pinus Skinnerii, Hort. 



This is the Guatemala form of Pinus oocarpa, and only 

 differs from it in having smaller and more pyramidal cones, 

 and slenderer leaves than the Mexican plant. It is found 

 plentiful in the pine tracts in various parts of Guatemala, par- 

 ticularly on the low ranges of " Choacus," in the province of 

 Vera Paz, at an elevation of about 4000 feet ; and although it 

 descends nearly to the shores of the Bay of Honduras, it never 

 occurs on the south coast, or at a higher elevation than 5000 

 feet above the level of the sea. 



It is a beautiful tree, 50 or 60 feet high, but quite tender 

 in England. 



No. 8.3. Pinus OeizaBjE, Gordon, the Orizaba Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Antoineana, Roezl. 



Leaves in fives, from eight to nine inches in length on the 

 wild specimens, and rather longer on the young plants in culti- 

 vation, veiy slender, sharp-pointed, three-edged, thickly set on 

 the branches, very rough at the edges, of a light but bright 

 green colour, and much resembling those of Pinus Pseudo- 

 Strobus. .Sheaths persistent, or not falling oft", about half an 

 inch in length, rather smooth, and entire. Seed-leaves on the 

 young plants from seven to eight in number. Branches nume- 

 rouSj spreading, rather irregular, slightly incurved, and slender. 

 Bark rough. Buds large, light brown, much imbricated, and 

 destitute of resinous matter. Cones in clusters of four or five, 



