from his partner M. Bcsscrcr, but we have no assurance that the same names are represented by the same
things in both Instances, although we have no reason to doubt it. If they are. our opinion is not the same
as Mr. Gordons. We find P. Bompitriea distinct from this species, and also from Roezl's P. Do,, Pein,
his P. Vdkhii. his P. Durangemis, and his P. PopoMtafetii We may add that Mr. Gordons own
description of P. Bmafartm agrees better with P. Loudmiana than with P. Ayacakdte. For example,
he says the seeds of Bmapartca. are large, which is the case with Loudaniana, although not with
Ayacahuite. in which they are only 3 lines in length.
Gccgraphia,l a M » t o « . - T h e following are the localities where this species has been noticed
viz.. at Omitlan, near the hacienda of Cuen-cro ; on the „.ountains in the provinces of Ch.apas and
Oaxaca, especially on the higher parts of the Combre mountains and about Cosiquiriach, and Mount
Pelada. Mr. Gordon states that " it is also very common on the mountains of Quczaltenango, at an
elevation of 8500 feet, and on the neighbouring mountain of Santa Maria, where it is called 'Tablas' by
the inhabitants, and 'Ayacahuite' by the Mexicans ; " but he does not give his authonty for the st.atement.
Endlicher gives its range of latitude .as from 16° to 18° N.
//.'la^:.—First observed by C. Ehrenberg near Guerrero in Mexico, and communicatcd by him to
Dr. Schleehtendal. who, in 1838 (being then editor of the L m d ) , published a description of it in that
journal, along with descriptions of some other Mexican Pines It i.s .stated by M. Carrière to have been
found by Ilartweg in Mexico in 1S40, and to have been then sent home by him ; but he does not appear
to have met with it in his second expedition in 1845 and following years, as it is not named m Bentham's
" Planta; Uartivegianai," which is the record of the plants procured by him on that expedition. It was
subsequently introduced into this country by M. Roezl.
Properties and This speeies is probaWy applied to similar uses to those of its allies, Pinus
Sirobus, &c. We have no information on the subjcct, except Gordon's statement that the wood is white
and soft, and Messrs. Hcnkel and Hoehstetter's addition, probably an inference by way of corollary, that it
is little worth. But there is a hint given by the name " Tabl.as," which, according to Mr. Gordon, is
applied to the tree by the inhabitants of Santa Maria and ils neighbourhood; which would seem to indicate
th.it it perhaps dcscrees a more favourable character. " Tablas," in Spanish, signifies the wood out of
whieh tables and similar articles of furniture are made, as well as the articles themselves. We may,
perhaps, therefore be entitled to infer that it is used by the inhabitants for upholstery and carpentery
purposes. The seed is too small to be of use as an article of food.
It cannot be condemned as a tree wholly unfitted for this country ; still less can it be called
perfectly hardy. Messrs. Henkel and Hochstetter say that it stood the severe winter of 1S60-61 in
England unhurt. Mn Palmer's tables tell a different talc. They contain reports of the worst effcets of
that"winter on this tree at sixteen places. At seven of these the tree was killed, at five uninjured, at two
mueh injured, and at two less injured. There arc, of course, few large trees in this eountiy, although the
one in Messrs. Paul's nursery at Chcshunt, from whieh the figure above cited was taken, is of considerable
height (say 36 feet), and in 18S2 bore numerous cones. One of the trees killed in 1860-61 was at Thorpe
Perrow in Yorkshire, and it had reached 16 feet in height, and another at Highnam Court, Gloucestershire.
was 14 feet in height. It was obser^-cd at Ashdcan, in Sussex, that it did not seem to mind the
cold so mueh, but th,at it suffered severely from salt winds from the south-west. At Castle Kennedy it
escaped without injury, and grows freely in a wcll-shehercd situation.
CcmutercialStatistics.—Ynoe in 1851. .small plants 21s. cach. It is not quoted in any catalogues of
recent date, nor is it named in the list of seeds of MM. Vilmorin of Paris, at the end of this work.
PINUS BALFOURIANA,
FOX-TAIL PINE OF NEVADA.
IDENTIFICATION.-PINUS BALFOURIANA, Oreson C<mmUkis Circular (1855); Gordon, Piiutum. 217 (1858): Engelmann in Revision
of Gtnus Pi,ms.f. 19, and note 6, and in »ƒ ii. p, 125; GarH. Chron., March 11, 1876, p, 332,
PINUS PARRYANA, Parbtore, cited by Gordon, Pinitum, ed. j (i8;8), p. 293.
PINUS QUADRIFOLIA, Parry, cltcd by Gordon, Pinelum, eJ, 3 (1878), p. 293.
.—CoHt, Sud, a: ; Gard. Ckron., loc. li
Specific Character.—Pinus foliis quinis singulis falcatis brevibus; \-aginis caducissimis; strobilis fuscis
elongatis attcnuatis sub-pyriformibus parum curvatis, squamis sub-laxis, apophysi tetragono umbone transversim
elliptico depresso; seminibus alatis, spermodermate maculato.
Habitat in California boreali.
A tree of about 80 feet high (seldom over 30, Engelmann). Branches said by Mr. Gordon to be
pendulous and flexible (causa scienti.x non patet), bark smooth (deeply fissured, Engelmann), and reddish,
leaves in fives (fig. i), but varj'ing upon the same shoot, there sometimes
being only four, sometimes only three, and occasionally as few '/;// " \
as two in the sheath. They are crowded on the branch, trigonal,
short (about i inch long), ridged and slightly falcate, or curved
inwards, without stomata on the back (fig. 2), with several rows on
each of the inner sides (fig. 3). The margin is entire; sheaths
caducous, composed of long scales; the hypoderm is double and the
resin canals (fig. 4) peripheral; inflorescence not yet known; cones
long (4 or 5 inches), tapering, and sometimes pear-shaped, but more
blunt at the end (fig, 3), dark-brown, saiil by Mr. Gordon to be
mostly solitary and pendent on the points of the branches and full !
of resinous matter; scales thin, flattened, with the apophysis tetragonal,
depressed in the centre, in which is a transversely elliptical umbo.
Seeds winged (fig. G); wing large, straight at the back, and with a
broad, bold curve on the other margin. Seed moderately large, projecting
a little backwards from the wing; spermoderm maculated. Fig
Description.—We know nothing inore of the appearance of this tree than the brief notices given
by Jeffrey, that it grows to a height of 80 feet with a diameter of 3 feet. In his " Revision of the Genus
Pinus" (i8So), Engelmann states that this and P. aristata, in spite of the differences in the cones, are
identical. In Utah and Nevada a form occurs with concs like those of P. aristata, but with short stout
recurvcd prickles.
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