960 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Zin. to Lin. broad; ovate, and pointed, with the sides con- 
cave, like those of P. Laricio, but much larger. Leaves 
(see fig. 1777.) from 4in. to 7 or 8inches in length; sheath 
from in, to 2in. in length. Cones from 4in, to 5in. in 
length, and from 13 in. to 12in. in breadth at the widest 
part: ovate-oval, acuminate, horizontal in their direction, 
and slightly incurved at the extremities, which point down- 
wards. Scales as in those of P. Larfcio, but larger. A 
large spreading tree. Taurica. Height 60 ft. to 70 ft., some- 
times 80 ft. Introduced in 1790. It flowers in the end of May, 
and its cones are ripe in November of the second year. 
Varieties. We can readily conceive that P. L. Pallasidna, like 
ie every other variety of P. Larfcio, is liable to sport ; and, 
P.(L.) Pailsima. accordingly, of the trees possessed by Mr. Lambert, one 
has the cones straight and short, and another long and crooked. The P. 
taurica of the London gardens 
is without doubt a synonyme, 
and not even a variety. 
This tree is about the size of 
P. sylvéstris, but much more 
spreading, sending out numerous 
large, declining, and horizontal 
branches from the summit to the 
base; the lower branches almost 
equalling the trunk itself in size. 
The chief circumstance in which 
1776. P. (L.) Pallasiana. 
P. (L.) Pallasidna differs from 
P. Laricio, judging from the trees 
at White Knights, is in the length 
of the cones: the leaves are also 
larger than those of P. Larfcio; 
and, on the whole, the differ- 
ence may be compared to that 
which exists between Tilia eu- 
1777. P. (L.) Pallasiana. 
