LXXVIL CONI’'FERE: PINUS 1005 
with ciliated and torn 
seales ; erect, waved, 
somewhat rigid, tri- 
quetrous, callous, and 
mucronate ; glaucous 
green, marked with 
many parallel dotted 
lines ;_ slightly bica- 
naliculate above, and 
flattish beneath; 6 in. 
long; angles crenu- 
lated, and scabrous: 
sheaths 1 in. to 12 in. 
long, persistent : scales 
amentaceous, ciliate 
and torn on the mar- 
gin, bright brown. 
Male catkins cylindri- | 
cal, lin. long, with ; 
many imbricated, oval, 
ciliated scales at the 
base. Appendage to 
the anthers roundish, 
convex, coriaceous, 
membranaceous onthe 
margin, torn, and cre- 
nulated. Cones ob- 
long, tubercled, bright 
brown, thicker at the 
base, a little attenu- 
ated towards the apex, 
about 6 in. long ; scales 
elevated at the apex, 
bluntly —_ tetragonal, 
truncate, very thick. 
(Lamb.) Mr. Lam- 
bert says: “ Baron 
Humboldt has re- 
ferred this species 
to Pinus occidentalis 
Swartz; but I have 
ventured to separate 
it, as the sizeof the 
cones, which may, in 
general, be relied on 
as indicating a specific 
distinction in this ge- 
nus, differs so much.” 
Those described by 
Swartz are only 3 in. 
long, whereas those 
of P. Montezime are 
more than double that 
length. Whether this 
species will prove 
quite hardy in British 
gardens is not, as far 
1883. P. Montezime Lindléyi. 
as we are aware, at present ascertained. Something 
may doubtless be accomplished with this and other species by grafting on 
more hardy kinds. 
