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young shoots are very
nearly 1 in. in diameter, and
look very like those of Pi-
niis palustris. This noble
species of pine, worthy of
the princely patron of gardening
in honour of whom
it is named, it is thought
will probably prove hardy
in British — ' —
t 41. P. RvsSELhlA^NA.
Lindl. RusseH’s, or ihe
Duke o f Bedford’s, Pine.
Jdentification. Lindl. in Bot. Retr.
M. Chron., 1839, No. 97.
Engravings. Our figs. 1879. and
1880. from specimens sent home
by Hartweg.
Spec. Char., S/o. Leaves
in fives, very long. Cones
elongate, hoidzontal,
slightly drooping, verticillate,
straightish, sessile.
Scales rhomboidal at the
apex, pyramidal, straight,
obtuse. Seeds oblong,
four times shorter than
their blackish wing.
(Lindl.') A large tree.
Mexico, on the road
from San Pedro to San
Pablo, near Real del
Monte. Height, ?. Introduced
in 1839, by
cones sent to the Horticultural
Society of
London by Hartweg,
which have been extensively
distributed, and
from which many plants
have been raised.
The cones are about
7 in. long, 1 | in. broad at
the base, and they terminate
in a point; the scales
are a little elevated, so as
to form a small pyramid,
with a somewhat prominent
apex. The leaves are
7iin.in length, with sheaths
of upwards of 1 in. in
length. A very noble specif,
worthy of the house
ot Russell, and of commemorating
the publication
of the Pinetum Woburnf
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