PINETUM DANICUM. 



381 



HooKst. Syn. der Nadelh. 81 (excl. syn, Roezl) ; J. E. Nelson, 

 Pinac. 122. 



Habitat. — Grows in the colder parts of Mexico, Jaya las Couces, 

 between Lerma and Toluca, and around Real del Monte, to 9,700 feet 

 in height. 



Introduced into Europe about 1820. A specimen in Denmark has 

 kept alive, but it may not be quite hardy. 



P. Peuce, Griseb. Spic. Flor. Rumel. ii. 349. P. excelsa var. 

 Pence, Griseb. F. CembraYSir.fruticosa^ Griseb. Reis. in Rumelien, 

 189-191. P. excelsa. Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 405. P. excelsa, 

 Hook. Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 145. P. Fence, Griseb. in Contribu- 

 tions to the History of certain Species of Conifers, by Dr. M. T. 

 Masters, 205. 



This species has much shorter leaves and sheaths than has 

 P. excelsa. 



Habitat. — On the Peristeri Mountains in Macedonia, where it was 

 discovered by Grisebach ; on the frontiers of Montenegro, and the 

 Kom, where the Servian botanist Pancic found it. Further, it is 

 to be found at Periamdagh, in the Balkans, where Janka observed it 

 at an elevation of 5,000-6,500 feet. 



Introduced into cultivation in 1864. 



We have plants about twenty years old, which have developed 

 very well, and proved hardy. Cones have ripened in Denmark. 



P. P. argentea. This has a more silvery appearance than the type. 



P. Pinaster, Sol. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. 367 ; Lamb. 

 Pinet. ed. 1, i. 9, t. 4, 5, and ed. 2, i. 21, t. 9 ; Loud. Arbor. Brit, 

 iv. 2213, f. 2100-2101, and Encycl. of Trees, 961, f. 1781-82 ; Ant. 

 Conif. 18, t. 6, f. 1 ; Pinet. Wob. 29 ; Link in Linneea, xv. 498 ; 

 Schouw in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, iii. 235 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 

 168 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 (excl. syn. 

 Massoniana) ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 27 ; Carr. Tr. G^n. des Conif. 

 365 ; Gord. Pinet. 176 ; Henk. and Hochst. 25 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 221. 

 Pinaster, Csesalp. De Plant, lib. 3, cap. 52, p. 130. P. maritima 

 altera, G. Bauh. Pin. 492. P. silvestris /a, L. Spec. PL 1418. P. 

 silvestris, Mill. Diet. n. 1 (not L.). P. maritima, Poir. Diet. 

 Encycl. v. 337. P. Laricio, Savo. Fl. Pis. ii. 353 (not Poiret). 

 P. nepalensis, Royle and hort. aliq. P. Latter i. Madden ex Gord. 

 Pinet. 176. P. syrtica, Thor. Prom, in Gascogn. 161. P. Novse 

 Hollandise, Lodd. P. Novse Zealandia, Lodd. P. St. Helenica, 

 Loud. P. neglecta, Low. P. japonica, hort. aliq. P. chinensiSy 

 Knight, ex Gord. Pinet. 176. 



Habitat. — The Mediterranean countries of Europe, chiefly in the 

 neighbourhood of the coast ; also in Algiers. It is particularly abun- 

 dant in the South of Portugal, in many parts of Spain, and in the 

 West and South of France. 



Introduced into England by Gerard in 1596. *'The ornamental 



