LXXVIL CONI‘FERZ: PINUS. 957 
and from 3 in. to 14in. in breadth. The 
points of the scales turned over like an 
under lip, and terminating in a point 
which has a very small prickle, often 
scarcely perceptible. The colour of the 
cone tawny, and the interior part of the 
scales purple. Leaves vary- 
ing in length from 4 in. to 
6in. and upwards; gene- 
rally two in a sheath on the 
side branches, but occasion- 
ally three on the leading 
shoots. Seeds greyish or 
black, twice as large as those 
of P. sylvéstris. Cotyledons 
(see fig. 1770.) 6to 8. A 
lofty tree. Corsica, Spain, 
Italy, Greece, and various 
parts of the South of Eu- 
rope, the Hartz in Ger- 
many, and Caucasus in 
Russia ; generally on deeper 
soil than P. sylvéstris. Height 60 ft., 
80 ft. 100 ft. 150ft., according to the 
variety, the climate, and the soil. In- 
troduced in 1759. It flowers in May, 
and its cones are ripe in November of 
the second year. 
Varieties. Judging from the names in 
Continental catalogues, these are nume- APS et, Larielo. 
rous; but, as these names are chiefly expressive of different localities, we 
are ignorant how far the plants are really distinct. In the Nouveau Du 
Hamel only one variety is given, which is characterised by the cones being 
greenish, those of the species being described as of a tawny or fawn 
colour. Delamarre, in his Traité Pratique, &c., enumerates five 
varieties, some of which, however, are considered by M. Vilmorin as 
being probably species ; the cones not having yet been seen. 
2 P. L. | corsicana. Laricio de ’lle de Corse, Delamarre. — 
Cones of a tawny or fallow colour. 
2 P.L. 2 subviridis Nouveau Du Hamel.— Cones of a greenish 
yellow. 
£ P. L.3 caramanica. P. caramanica Bose; P. caramaniénsis 
Bon Jard., ed. 1837, p. 974.; Laricio de Caramanie ou de 
lAsia Mineure, Delamarre;? P. romana Lond. Hort. Soc. 
Gard. — P. L. caramanica seldom grows to above half the 
height of P. L. corsicana: it has a much rounder and 
more bushy head, with straight, or nearly straight, leaves, 
slender branches, reddish-coloured bark, and reddish buds, 
which are wholly, or in part, covered with white resin. 
The scales of the cones, which are larger than those of 
P. L. corsicina, are tipped with a harder and more horny 
point. Introduced into France from the Levant in 1798, 
and to England in 1820. 
2 P. L. 4 calébrica. Laricio de Mont Sila en Calabre, Dela- 
marre.— This pine, Michaux and Vilmorin remark in a 
note to Delamarre’s work, resembles the pine of Caramania; 
but there are only young plants of it in France, which have 
not yet fruited. 1770. 
