LXXVIl. CONI‘FERE: PINUS. 
1900. P. apulcénsis. 
The short leaves and very glaucous 
shoots, the ovate cones, covered closely 
with py amidal elevations, which are 
sometimes prolonged and contracted in 
the middle, especially those near the 
points of the cones, readily distinguish 
this from all other species. The leaves 
are 6in. long. The cones are about 
4in. long, being rather larger than a 
hen’s egg ; the backs of the scales are 
sometimes prolonged into a hook, par- 
ticularly those nearest the base and the 
point. 
b. Natives of the West Indies. 
2 49. P occiDENTA LIs Swartz. 
West-Indian Pine. 
Identification. Swartz Prod., 103.; H. B. et 
Kunth N, Gen., 2. p. 4.; Linnea, vol. v. p. 76. ; 
Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 23. 
Synonymes. P. foliis quinis, &c., Plum. Cat. 17.3 
Larix americana Tourn. Inst. 586.; Ocote, 
Mexican. ; 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1]. t. 23.; N. Du 
Ham., 5. t. 72. f. 2.5 and our jig. 1901. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in fives, pale 
green, slender; sheaths persistent. 
Cones conical, half the length of the 
leaves; scales thickened at the apex, 
with very small mucros. (Lois.) St. 
Domingo, in the quarter of Saint 
Suzanne, on mountains where snow 
occasionally falls ; and where it grows 
to the height of from 25 ft. to 30 ft., 
with leaves 6 in. long, of a fine green, 
and cones somewhat larger than 
those of P. sylvéstris. 
A very doubtful species, but we have 
retained it, as we have done some 
others of the same kind. 
The 
Qm 4 
Spec. Char., §e. 
1015 
Leaves in fives, 
slender, short. Branches glaucous. 
Cones pendulous, verticillate, ovate, 
acute. Scales rhomboidal, pyra- 
midal, straight, sometimes prolonged 
and contracted in the middle. Seeds 
oval, four times shorter than the 
linear wing. (Lindl.) A tree. 
Mexico, near Apulco, in ravines. 
Height 50 ft. Introduced in 1839, 
by cones sent home by Hartweg, 
from which many plants have been 
raised. 
1901 P. occddentalis 
