Contfere—Pinus. 423 
form rising only 2 or 3 feet from the ground ; and rostrata or 
montana has unusually long curved prickles on the cones. 
Mountainous regions of Central Europe. 
8 P. Pinea (fig. 
216) Stone Pine, 
Parasol Pine.—This 
species is remarkable for 
its rounded head and 
intense green foliage 
from 6 to 8 inches long. 
Cones about 6 inches 
long; scales prominent, 
convex and woody, ter- 
minating in a recurved 
obtwse prickle. Seeds 
with a very small wing. 
A native of the Mediter- 
ranean region. 
There are several other 
species of this section in 
cultivation, but we must 
be content with enume- 
rating a few of the better 
known ones. LP. densi- 
flora, Japan; P. Britia, 
Italy; P. Pallasiana, 
syn. P. Patrica, Crimea ; 
P. mitis, P. imops, and 
P. resinosa, North America. 
Fig. 216. Pinus Pinea, 
§ 2. Leaves usually three in each sheath. 
9. P. insignis, syn. P. Califérnica. Oregon Pitch Pine. — 
This is without doubt one of the handsomest of the genus, 
though unfortunately rather tender in some localities. It isa 
large tree of close habit, with crowded slightly appressed dark 
green slender soft flexible leaves about 4 or 5 inches long, 3 (or 
more rarely 4) together in a short persistent sheath. Native 
of California. 
10. P. Benthamiana.—A gigantic tree, sometimes exceeding 
200 feet in its native country. Branches thick, horizontal, in 
distant whorls. Leaves from 8 to 12 inches long, flexible, 
sometimes twisted, not glancous. Cones clustered, 3 or 4 
