. The botanical works of the late George Engelmann, collected for Henry Shaw, esq. Botany. 328 ON PINUS AEISTATA, ETC. Another 5-leaved species of the Kocky Mountains, first noticed more than 40 years ago, but hitherto very imperfectly known, is PiNUS Flexilis, JameSy in Lonffs Exped. 2, pp. 27, 34. Torrey, in Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 2, p. 249 : arbor mediocris seu elatior; foliis dense coiifertis quinis sub-biuncialibus rigidis integris acutiusculis ex axillis perularum lanceolatarum deciduaruiii, squamis vaginan- tibus obtusis laxis mox evani- dis ; amentis masculis ovatis involucro siib-8-phyllo mu
. The botanical works of the late George Engelmann, collected for Henry Shaw, esq. Botany. 328 ON PINUS AEISTATA, ETC. Another 5-leaved species of the Kocky Mountains, first noticed more than 40 years ago, but hitherto very imperfectly known, is PiNUS Flexilis, JameSy in Lonffs Exped. 2, pp. 27, 34. Torrey, in Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 2, p. 249 : arbor mediocris seu elatior; foliis dense coiifertis quinis sub-biuncialibus rigidis integris acutiusculis ex axillis perularum lanceolatarum deciduaruiii, squamis vaginan- tibus obtusis laxis mox evani- dis ; amentis masculis ovatis involucro siib-8-phyllo muiii- tis in axillia bractese lanceo- latse patulai deciduae sessilibiis, antherarum crista minore irreg- ulariter inciso-dentata; amen- tis femineis subverticillatis in peduncnlo brevi perulis late lanceolatis acutis dense stipato erectis squarrosis; strobilis ovato-cylindraceis sqnarrosis horizontalibus seu declinatis e rubello fuscis, squamis e basi breviter cuneata latissimis or- biculato - rhombeis, apophj'si convexa semicii'culari incras- sata margine area parva sub- rhombea inermi notata ; semi- nibus magnis obovatis exalatis carinatis. On the Rocky Mountains, from New Mexico to the 49th parallel, " occupying the sub- alpine belt, never forming entire forests, in the lower ele- vation associated with P. con- torta, approaching the alpine districts, scattering with P. aristata" (Parry's Notes) ; on the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, 12,000 feet high, to the top, Dr. Bvjelow; moun- tains of Santa Fe, A. Fendler (No. 832) ; Colorado, James, Parry, Hall & Harbour (No. 529) ; Laramie Mountains, H. Engelmann; mountains from the Platte to the Bear River, Nuttall; Wind River Mountains, Freinont; Big Horn Mountains and moun- tains at the headwaters of Snake River, Dr. Hayden, to the British boundar}'. Dr. Ly- all. Nuttall's figure in his Sylva, pi. 112, is very poor, and even quite incorrect ; nor can I leant that any specimen. Plate V. —Pinits akistata (p. 327). of
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