PINTJS MONTANA, P. MtJKICATA. 151 



Pinus montana is a dwarf, densely branched, bushy Alpine tree, 

 variable in height and appearance. The lower branches are generally 

 decumbent, but those above are ascending or quite erect; the, leaves 

 are short, stiff, close-set, of a dull green, and slightly glaucous; the 

 cones are small, ligneous, ovoid bodies, about 1J inch long, with 

 a pyramidal protuberance on each scale on the outer or exposed 

 side. 



Habitat. — The sub-Alpine regions of central Europe, at elevations 

 between 4,000 and 7,500 feet; also on the Carpathian Mountains and 

 the Pyrenees. 



Introduced into England in 1779 by John Blackburn, Esq., of 

 Warrington. 



Tins Pino is known in gardens by several names, as Pinus Marjho, 

 P. uncinata, P. Pumilio, &c, that were in the first instance given to 

 the forms occurring in the different mountain regions over winch it is 

 spread; but all these forms are now acknowledged to be but varieties 

 of one species. 



The specific name montana refers to its habitat. 



Pinus muricata. — A very distinct Pine, of medium size, rarely 

 found to exceed 40 feet in height, but generally much less. Its 

 habit is somewhat irregular, owing to the branches not being numerous, 

 and their growth unequal. The foliage is dark green, with a slight 

 glaucescence which gives it a bluish tint. The leaves are from 4 to 

 6 inches long, rounded or convex on one side, slightly concave on the 

 other, obtusely pointed, and with rough edges ; in the young plants 

 they are thickly set and spreading; on the older plants shorter, more 

 rigid, and more erect. The cones are produced at a very early age of 

 the tree, either singly or clustered round the stem in whorls of from 

 three to seven or eight like those of P. Pinaster, and persist several 

 years. 



Habitat. — California, on the coast range in the neighbourhood of 

 Saint Louis and Monterey, at an elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000 

 feet. 



Introduced into England by Hartweg, in 1846. 



The specific name muricata, furnished with sharp points or prickles, 

 refers to the cone, many of the outer scales of which terminate in 

 a sharp hooked spine. 



