MNETUM DANICUMi 



ii^iWe 6! the islands of Teneriffe and Grand Canary, wliete it forms 

 extensive forests from tlie seashore to an altitude on the mountains 

 of 6,700 feet, though it is most abundant between 4,080 feet and 

 5,900 feet above the level of the sea, which may be considered as 

 the Pine region of these islands. This Pine has been long noticed by 

 travellers who visited Teneriffe ; but it was confounded with P. mari- 

 tima, P. Tgeda, and even Larix europsea, till the name of the species 

 was settled by Professor Smith, of Christiania. In its general appear- 

 ance, Messrs. Webb and Berthollet observe, P. canariensis resembles 

 the European species, and the first view of a Pine forest in the 

 Canaries is very similar to that of a Pine forest on the Alps. Under 

 these gigantic trees the soil is dry and poor, and very few plants grow 

 beneath their shade. The Pines grow on the margins of the valleys, 

 and on the steep slopes and rugged precipices which form the sides of 

 the mountains, but not on their summits (Hist. Nat. des lies Canaries, 

 Geog. Bot. p. 21). On the Grand Canary Island the Pine forests 

 extend from Oratava to Portillo de la Villa. 



The leaves of this Pine are sometimes in twos, but more frequently 

 in threes, and the trees ascend on the slope of the Peak of Teneriffe 

 to 7,200 feet of elevation ; but the zone above 2,400 feet is wholly 

 occupied by vast forests mingled with the Jimiperiis Cedro of Webb. 

 The inhabitants call it "Tea, "and consider its timber excellent, being 

 resinous, durable, and free from the ravages of insects (G. Gordon, 

 *'Pinetum," 1875). 



P. canariensis is perhaps more nearly related to P. Laricio than 

 to P. ponderosa. The articulation of the four involucral bracts is a 

 curious feature, which it has in common with P. resinosa. 



Wintered indoors in Denmark. 



P. Cembra, Linn. Spec. PL 1419 ; DuRoi, Harbk. ed. Pott. ii. 69 ; 

 Willd. Baumz. 212 ; Lamb. Pinet. ed. 1, i. 34, t. 23, and ed. 2, i. 48, 

 t. 30, 31 ; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v. 56, t. 77 ; Pinet. Wob. 69, 

 t. 27 ; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2274, f. 2188-2192 ; Encycl. of Trees, 

 1016, f. 1902-1905 ; Link in Linn^ea, xv. 513 ; Antoine, Conif. 45, 

 t. 20, f. 2 ; Villars, Fl. Delph. iii. 806 ; Allion, Fl. Pedem. ii. 179 ; 

 De Cand. Fl. Franc, iii. 275 ; Desf. Hist. Arbr. ii. 612 ; Spach, Hist. 

 Nat. Y6g. Phan. xi. 398 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 141 ; De Chambr. Trait. 

 Prat. Arbr. Besin. 334 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 214 ; 

 Knight, Syn. Conif. 34 ; Gaud. Fl. Helv. vi. 186 ; Host, Synops. 

 523 ; Fl. Austr. ii. 629 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 340 ; Wahlenb. Fl. 

 Carpat. 309 ; Baumg. Fl, Transylv. ii. 304 ; Pall. Fl. Ross. i. 3, t. 2 ; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. 200 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. des Conif. 295, 387 ; Gord. 

 Pinet. 219, 295 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 276 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der 

 Nadelh. 122 ; Maximon, Fruit. Fl. Amur. 262. P. montana, Lam. 

 Fl. Franc, iii. 651 (not Mill, and Dur.). P. foliis quinis, &c. Gmel. 

 Fl. Sib. i. 179 ; Duham. Arb. ii. 127 ; Hall. Helv. N. 1659 ; Da 

 Roi, Harbk. ed. Pott. iv. 29. P. silvestris, &c. Bauh. Pin. 491. 



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