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nous, and thickly set with long narrow brown scales ; cones pen- 

 dulous, solitary, sessile, quite straight, tapering regularly from 

 the base to the point, 16 inches in length, and 3£ broad at the 

 base, with from 28 to 30 rows of scales ; scales nearly all of a 

 size, six-eighths of an inch broad, slightly elevated and blunt, 

 particularly towards the base, from which a small portion of 

 clear resin sometimes exudes ; seeds about the ordinary size, 

 with bifid wings, which are rather broad, and more than an inch 

 in length. 



This noble pine is very easily distinguished from all others by 

 its very long straight cones and stout foliage. It is called 

 " Ocote macho," or male pine, by the natives, on account of its 

 robust habit, and is found plentifully on the highest parts 

 of the Cerro de San Juan. It has had its present name given 

 in compliment to the Right Hon. Lady Grenville, who possesses 

 one of the finest pinetums in Europe at Dropmore. 



3. Pinus Gordon i an a.* Hartweg. 



Received from Mr. Hartweg, who found it on the Cerro de 

 San Juan, or Saddle Mountain, near Tepic, in Mexico, 

 attaining a height of 60 or 80 feet. 



Leaves in fives, 16 inches in length on the wild specimens, 

 rather slender, triquetrous, very dense, light-green, and longer 

 than any of the other kinds; sheaths persistent, about \\ inch 

 in length, rather rough and scaly ; seed-leaves on the young 

 plants mostly seven in number, and rather short ; branches ra- 

 ther numerous, regular, slightly elevated at the points and not 

 very robust ; buds very scaly, non-resinous, and of a moderate 

 size; male flowers rather large, in dense clusters, and very nu- 

 merous ; cones pendulous, mostly solitary, slightly curved, and 

 tapering regularly from near the base to the point, from 4 to 5 

 inches in length and broad near the base, with 14 or 15 rows 

 of scales ; scales half an inch broad, slightly elevated, particu- 

 larly those about the middle and towards the points, while those 

 next the base are nearly flat and much smaller ; the cones are 

 quite destitute of resin, and on footstalks about J an inch in 

 length ; seeds small, angular, with rather narrow wings, about 

 li inch in length. 



This handsome pine has the longest and finest foliage of any 

 kind yet introduced, and is called by the natives " Ocote hembra," 

 or female pine. Mr. Hartweg, who discovered and named it, 



* P. Gordoniana ; foliis quinis tenuibus minutissime serrulatis longissimis, 

 vagina squamosa subscariosa, strobilis pendulis subsolitariis ovato-oblongis 

 rectiusculis, squamis rhomboideis vix pyramidatis rugosis obtusis, semine 

 parvo ala semilanceolata obtusa. — G. G. 



