Pinus pinea

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Read about Pinus pinea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Pinus pinea, Linn. Stone Pine. Tree, to 80 ft., with long, horizontally spreading branches forming in older trees a broad, flat-topped head: branchlets pale brown: buds with revolute scales, oblong-ovate, not resinous: lvs. rigid, acute, bright green, 5-8 in. long: cones broadly ovate, chestnut-brown,4-5 1/2 in. long; apophysis depressed-pyramidal, radiately ridged; umbo flat, obtuse; seed reddish brown, 3/4 in. long, edible. S. Eu. G.C. II. 20:45; III. 4:604, 605. Gn. 27, pp. 245-7; 50, p. 460- 76, p. 648. H.W. 1, pp. 170, 171. F.S.R. 2, p. 274. J.H. III. 68:447.—Tree of picturesque habit, with a trunk usually destitute of branches for a considerable height and with a wide-spreading parasol- like head. Not hardy N.; in wanner regions often cult, for its edible seeds.

Group 8. Longifollae. CH


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