LXXVII. CONI’FERE!: PINUS. 993 
smooth, about 4 in. long, Scales 
dilated at the apex, much de- 
pressed, flattish, somewhat tra- 
pezoidal; in the young cone, 
mucronulate. (Lamb.) A tree. 
Mexico, at Malpayo de la Joya, 
in the cold region. Height 60 ft. 
to 70 ft. Introduced in ? 1820, 
and again by Hartweg in 1839, |; 
in which year cones were distri-_ |; 
buted extensively by the Horti- 
cultural Society. 
£ P. p. 2 foliis strictis Benth. 
Plant. Hart. No. 442., 
Gard. Mag. 1840, p. 638. 
— Cones smaller than 
those of the species, and Z 
the leaves straighter. 1856. P. patula. 
Found by Hartweg near 
Real del Monte. Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
2 33. P. Luaved'vad Schiede. La Llave’s Pine. 
Identification. Linnea, vol. xii. p. 488.3; Pin. Wob., p. 49. 
Synonymes. P.cembréides Zucc. Flora, 1832; 2. Beibl. 93. ; the Mexican Cembra, Penny Cyc. vol.18. 
Engravings. Our fig. 1859. from a specimen of the tree in the London Horticultural Society’s 
arden ; fig. 1860. from a cone sent home by Hartweg; and jig. 1858., a the cone, U the seed, from 
a cone received from M. Otto of Berlin. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves short, narrow, triquetrous, slightly twisted, in thickly 
set tufts on the branches, of a glaucous green. Branches in regular whorls, 
smooth, of an ash grey, declining towards the stem. Buds exceedingly 
small; in form, and in every other respect, like those of Pinus hale- 
pénsis: the buds are scarcely Lin. long, and from 3, in. to 1 in. broad; 
roundish, with two 
or three smaller 
# buds. (See jig. 
WA 1857.) Leaves 
+ generally in 
threes, often in 
twos, and some- 
times in fours, 
varying from 
f 13in. to 22 in, 
in length; flat 
‘on the upper 3 1858 P. Liavedna. 
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