I7G7. P. (s.) Miighui
that, when the cones
are absent, they
might be supposed
to be identical. It
is remarked in the
Nouveau Du Hamel,
that all the published
figures of this
variety are bad, with
the exception of the
one given in that
work, from which
ours is copied. On
comparing/gfi. 1764.
and 1767., it will be
found that the cones
of P. (s.) p. M u ghus,
independently
of the peculiar protuberant
appearance
of the scales, are
larger than those of
P. (s.) pumilio. This
and other differences
in the cones are quite
sufficient, in a technical point of view, to constitute P. (s.) p.
Miighus and P. (s.) pumilio distinct species ; but, notwithstanding
this, they bear such obvious marks of belonging to P. sylvéstris, in
their foliage, habit, and locality, that we cannot for a moment hesitate
al)out their connexion with that species.
; P. (s.) p . 5 M. uana. The Knee Pine of the Styrian Alps.—Never
grows above 3 ft. high. {Antoine's Conferen, p. 13.; and Gard. Mag.,
1841, p. 29.) A plant has been in the Trinity College Botanic
Garden, Dublin, since 1817 ; and, in 2 0 years, it has not attained a
greater height than an ordinary-sized man’s knee.
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Other Varieties. P. (s.) pumilio and P. (s.) p. Miighus vary so much
according to the localities in which they are found, that, if it were desirable
to increase the number of subvarieties, there might be a dwarf, a tall, and a
medium form given to each. In the Horticultural Society’s Garden, there
is a handsome, erect-growing, small tree of P. (s.) p. Mùghus, under thc
name of P. uncinàta, and also a dwarf plant, under the same name ; both
producing hooked cones.
¥ 3. jP. L a r i ' c i o P o ir . The C o rsic a n , or Larch, Pine.
Identification. Poir. in Lam. Encvc., 5. p. 339. ; Dec. F r. Fl., 3. p. 274.
Synonymes. P. sylvéstris s marítima AU. Hort. Kew. iii. p. 366., P. marítima, ed. 2. v. p. 315. :
Pinastro, Pino chiappino, Hal.
Erigrnvings.^ Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t .4 . ; N. D u Ham., t. 69. and 69. f. 2. ; the plates of this species
in Arb. B n t, 1st edit., voi. viii, ; our 1771. to our usual scale, from a specimen received i'loni
the Horticultural Society’s Garden ; and Jigs. 1768. to 1770. of the natural size
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves la.x, twice the length of the cones. Cones conical,
often in pairs, sometimes, but rarely, in threes or in iburs. Scales convex
on the back, elliptic in their general form, scarcely angular, and very slightly
pointed, Male flowers almost sessile, elongated, having the anthers tcr-
minated by a small round crest. Bud (see 1768.) from £-in. to lin.
long; and from I in. to Ain. broad; ovate, with a long narrow point, and
concave at the sides, resembling a camel-hair pencil. ¡Scales adpressed, and
encrusted with white resin. The centre bud generally surrounded by three
or more small buds. Cones varying from 2 in. to 3 in. or more in icngdi ;
9 5 7
and from fin . to I a in. in breadth. The
points of the scales turned over like an
under lip, and terminating in a point
which has a very small prickle, often
scarcely perceptible. The colour of the
cone tawny, and the interior part of the
scales purple. Leaves varying
in length from 4 in. to
6 in. and upwards; generally
two in a sheath on the
side branches, but occasionally
three on the leading
shoots. Seeds greyish or
black, twice as large as those
of P. sylvéstris. Cotyledons
( s e e /g . 1770.) 6 to 8 . A
lofty tree. Corsica, Spain,
Italy, Greece, and various
parts of the South of Europe,
the Hartz in Ger-
many, and Caucasus in
p. Lancio. Russia ; generally on deeper
soil than P. sylvéstris. Height 60 ft.,
80 ft., 1 0 0 ft., 150 ft., according to the
variety, the climate, and the soil. Introduced
in 1759. It flowers in May,
and its cones are ripe in November of
the second year.
Varieties. Judging from the names in
Continental catalogues, these are nume- 169. P.- Laricio.
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rous ; but, as these names are chiefly expressive of different localities, we
are ignorant how far the plants are really distinct. In the Nouveau Du
Hamel only one vaidety is given, which is characterised by the cones being
greenish, those of the species being described as of a tawnv or fawn
colour. Delamarre, in his Traité Pratique, &c., enumerates five
varieties, some of which, however, are considered by M. Vilmorin as
being probably species ; the cones not having yet been seen.
Í P. 1 corsicàna. Laricio de I’lle de Corse, Delamarre.—
Cones of a tawny or fallow colour.
¥ P. L. 2 subviridis Nouveau Du Hamel. — Cones of a greenish
yellow.
Í V. L . 3 caramánica. P. caramánica Bosc; P. caramaniensis
Bon Jard., ed. 1837, p. 974. ; Laricio de Caramanie ou de
l’Asia Mineure, Delamarre ; ? P. romàna Lond. Hort. Soc.
Gard. — P. L. caramánica seldom grows to above half the
height of P. L. corsicàna: it has a much rounder and
more bushy head, with straight, or nearly straight, leaves,
slender branches, reddish-coloured bark, and reddish buds,
which are wholly, or in part, covered with white resin.
The scales of the cones, which are larger than those of
P. L. corsicàna, are tipped with a harder and more horny
point. Introduced into France from the Levant in 1798,
and to England in 1820.
Î V. L . 4 calorica. Laricio de Mont Sila en Calabre, Delamarre.
— This pine, Michaux and Vilmorin remark in a
note to Delamarre’s work, resembles the pine of Caramania;
but there are only young plants of it in France, which have
not yet fruited.