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is P. Brutia ; but that lie never saw a wild pine in South or [Central 

 Persia. 



Southern Persia. Cultivated 1 



52. P. Peuke, Grisebach, Spicil. Flor. Rumel. ii. p. 349 ; Boissier, 

 Flor. Orient, v. 698 ; Velenovsky, Flora Bulgarica^ 1891. 



SvifONFMS: — P. excelsa, Hooker, Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 145 ; 

 Masters in Gard. Chron. 1883, February 24 ; and in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxii. 205, fig. P. excelsa, Peuke ; Beissner, 287. 



F. Picea, Duroi. See Picea excelsa, Link. 



53. P. Pinaster, Solander ; Parlatore, 1. c. 383 ; Lambert, Pinus, 

 ed. ii. p. 17, t. 9, 10 ; Loudon, Encycl. 963, fig. 1782 ; Pinet. Brit i. 71, 

 t. 10 ; Beissner, 221 ; Yeitch, 152, excl. syn. Brutia. Abnormal 

 growth of, Gard. Chron. March 22, 1884. 



SvJVom^Ms: — P. maritima, Poiret. P. Laricio, Savi. P. yiepalensis, 

 Royle. P. Latterii, Madden. P. Helenica, Loudon. 

 For other synonyms see Parlatore, 1. c. 



Varieties : — Hamiltonii, Lindley and Gordon in Journ. Hort. Soc. 

 V. 217 ; minor, Loudon, Encycl. 983, f . 1785 ? = P. escarena, Risso ; 

 PROLiFERA, a monstrous form with very numerous small cones in dense 

 clusters ; Lemoniana. P. Lemoniana, Benth. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 2 

 ser. vol. i. 512, t. 20 ; Loudon, Encycl. 963, f. 1784. A variety in 

 which the usually lateral and deflexed cones assume an erect position 

 by reason of the non-development of the terminal leaf -bud. I have 

 met with a similar condition twice in P. silvestris. 



Mountains and sea-coast of Southern Europe, the Levant, &c. 



54. P. Pinceana, Gordon, ed. 2, 281. 



A Mexican Pine, of which little is known. 



65. P. Pinea, Linnaeus ; Parlatore, 1. c. 381 ; Loudon, Encycl. 965, 

 fig. 1787 ; Yeitch, 154 ; Beissner, 221 ; Lambert, Pimis, ed. 2, vol. i. 

 t. 6-8 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 24, 1888, p. 604, fig. The Stone 

 Pine, or the Umbrella Pine of Europe. 



Synonym: — P. maderensisy Tenore. 



Parlatore makes two varieties : — fragilis ; cretica. 



Mediterranean region, Madeira, Canaries. 



P. Pithijusa. See P. halepensis. 



P. Planchonii. See P. Montezumse. 



P. Poiretiana. See P. Laricio. 



56. P. ponderosa, Douglas ; Parlatore, 1. c. 395 ; Loudon, Encycl , f. 

 1831, imperfect cone ; Arboretum, figs. 2132-2136 ; Forbes, Pinetum 

 Woburn. t. 15 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Kov. 15, 1890, p. 557, figs. 

 110, 111, 114, 115 ; Veitch, 167 ; Beissner, 261, figs. ; Macoun, 

 466 ; Murray in Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 586. 



Synonyms : — To this species are referred P, Benthamiana, 



