956 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
that, when the cones 
are absent, they 
might be supposed 
to be identical. It 
is remarked in the 
Nouveau Du Hamel, 
that all the pub- 
lished figures of this 
variety are bad, with 
the exception of the 
one given in that 
work, from which 
ours is copied. On 
comparing jigs. 1764. 
and 1767., it will be 
found that the cones 
of P. (s.) p. Mu- 
ghus, independently 
of the peculiar pro- 
tuberant appearance 
of the scales, are 
larger than those of 
P.(s.) pumilio. This 
and other differences 1767. P. (s.) Mughue. 
in the cones are quite 
sufficient, in a technical point of view, to constitute P. (s.) p. 
Mighus and P. (s.) pumilio distinct species ; but, notwithstanding 
this, they bear such obvious marks of belonging to P. sylvéstris, in 
their foliage, habit, and locality, that we cannot for a moment hesi- 
tate about their connexion with that species. 
#2 P, (s.) p. 5 M. nana. The Knee Pine of the Styrian Alps.—Never 
grows above 3 ft. high. (Antoine’s Coniferen, p. 13.; and Gard. Mag., 
1841, p. 29.) A plant has been in the Trinity College Botanic 
Garden, Dudlin, since 1817; and, in 20 years, it has not attained a 
greater height than an ordinary-sized man’s knee. 
Other Varieties. P.(s.) pumflio and P. (s.) p. Mughus vary so much 
according to the localities in which they are found, that, if it were desirable 
to increase the number of subvarieties, there might be a dwarf, a tall, and a 
medium form given to each. In the Horticultural Society’s Garden, there 
is a handsome, erect-growing, small tree of P. (s.) p. Mughus, under the 
name of P. uncinata, and also a dwarf plant, under the same name ; both 
producing hooked cones. 
2 3. P. Larr‘cio Poir. The Corsican, or Larch, Pine. 
Identification. Poir. in Lam. Encyc., 5. p. 339.; Dec. Fr. F1., 3. p. 274. 
Synonymes. P. sylvéstris ¢ mar{tima dit. Hort. Kew. iii. p. 366.; P. maritima, ed. 2. v. p. 315.; 
Pinastro, Pino chiappino, Ital. 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t.4.; N. Du Ham., t. 69. and 69. f.2.; the plates of this species 
in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. viii. ; our fig. 1771. to our usual scale, from a specimen received from 
the Horticultural Society’s Garden; and jigs. 1768. to 1770. of the natural size 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lax, twice the length of the cones. Cones conical, 
often in pairs, sometimes, but rarely, in threes or in fours. Scales convex 
on the back, elliptic in their general form, scarcely angular, and very slightly 
pointed, Male flowers almost sessile, elongated, having the anthers ter- 
minated by a small round crest. Bud (see jig. 1768.) from 3in. to lin. 
long; and from in. to }in. broad; ovate, with a long narrow point, and 
concave at the sides, resembling a camel-hair pencil. Scales adpressed, and 
encrusted with white resin. The centre bud generally surrounded by three 
or more small buds. Cones varying from 2in. to 3in: or more in length; 
