LXXVII. CONI’FERE! PI‘NUS. tool 
Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., M. Chron., 
1839, No. 95. ; Penny Cyc., vol. 18. 
Engravings. Our figs. 1875. and 1876. from speci- 
mens sent home by Hartweg. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in fours ; 
secondary narrowest, primary mem- 
branaceous, elongate, _scarious. 
Cones pendulous, oblong, obtuse, 
aggregate. Scales transverse at 
apex, depressed in middle, umbo- 
nate, and carinate ; umbo straight 
androunded. Seeds roundish, wedge- 
shaped, four times shorter than the 
testaceous wing. (Lindl.) A tree. 
Mexico, on the Campanario, be- 
ginning to appear where the oyamel, 
or Abies religidsa, ceases to grow, 
about 9000 ft. above the sea. Height 
40 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1839, 
by cones sent home by Hartweg, 
from which many plants have been 
since raised. 1876. P. Hartwegit. 
The leaves are almost invariably in — 
fours, and are rather more than 6 in. in length. 
2 40. P. Devonza4’v4 Lindl. The Duke of Devonshire’s Pine. 
Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., M. Chron., 1839, No. 96.; Penny Cyc., vol. 18. 
Synonymes. Pino blanco, or P. real, of the Mezicans. 
Engravings. Our figs. 1877, 1878. from specimens sent home by Hartweg. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves in 
fives, very long. Branches 
very thick. Cones pendu- 
lous, solitary, curved, ob- 
tuse. Scales rounded at 
apex, rhomboidal with a 
slightly elevated transverse 
line, dull pearly grey, ab- 
ruptly umbonate in middle, 
obtuse, smooth. Seeds ob- 
ovate, five times shorter 
than the blackish wing. 
(Zindi.) A large tree. 
Mexico, on the Ocotillo, 
between Real del Monte 
and Regla. Height 60 ft. 
to 80 ft. Introduced in 
1839, by cones sent home 
by Hartweg, from which 
numerous plants have been 
since raised. 
The cones are from Qin. 
to 10in. long, curved, about Awe 
isa 
3in. in diameter near the ica 
are not more than 13 in. A 
9in. in length, with sheaths 
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broad at the point. The ey” 
of nearly lin. in length. The 1877. P. Devonidna. 
base, and tapering till they ggvh 
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leaves are between 8in. and 
