PIN ACE AE. — PINUS 15 



western limits of the Red Basin of Szech'uan, a distance of some eighteen hundred 

 miles; its altitudinal limit in this region is about 1300 m. In this region it is 

 everywhere abundant, but is not partial to limestone; it is commonly planted 

 as a source of fuel. As ordinarily met with it is a tree of no great beauty, but 

 when allowed to develop fully, it is- one of the handsomest members of the ge- 

 nus. At its best it is a tree from 25 to 30 m. tall with a clean trunk for two- 

 thirds of its height and a rounded oval or flattened head. In the upper, wind- 

 swept parts of the tree the bark is red and peels off in thin strips but near the 

 base of the trunk the bark is dark grey, persistent and fissured into thick, irreg- 

 ular oblong masses. At low levels the wood is loose-grained, brittle and useless 

 except for fuel; at 800 m. altitude and upwards the wood is close-grained and 

 durable, and is esteemed for general building purposes. At these altitudes the 

 trunks of the standing trees are often deeply gashed and after a lapse of time 

 felled and the wood used for torches. 



This Pine and the other Hard Pines of China are known by the general name of 

 Sung Shu " (literally Pine tree). 



Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 284, 303, 304, 383, 475 476 477 

 478, 503, 587, 595, 638, 663, 664, 021, 0178 in the collection of my photographs 

 and also in my Vegetation of Western China, Nos. 366-380. E. H. W. 



Pinus sinensis Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. minor, I. 47, t. 29 (1832); 

 ed. 1, III. f. [2], t. (1837). — Loudon, Arh. Brit, IV. 2264, fig. 2169 

 (1838); EncycL Trees and Shrubs, 999, fig. 1874 (1842). — Forbes, 

 Pinetum Woburn. 39, fig. 12 (1839). — Antoine, Conif. 1, t. 1, fig. 1 

 (1840).— Mayr, Fremdl Wald'^& Parkb. 349, fig. 113 (1906), ex- 

 cludendo synonymo. 



Pinus tahvlaejormis Carri^re, Traite Conif. ed. 2, 510 (1867). 



Pinus leucosperma Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pitershoura, XVI 558 

 (1881); in Mel Biol. XI. 347 (1881). 



Pinus Thunhergii Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, VII. 95 {PL 

 Damd.l.2S5) (non Parlatore) (1884); in Jour, de Bat. Xin.253 (1899) — 

 Beissner in Nuov. Giorn. BoL ltd. n. ser. IV. 185 (1897). ~ Masters in 

 Jour. Linn. Sac. XXVI. 552 (1902); XXXVII. 417 (1906). — Patschke 

 m Bot. Jahrb. XLVIII. 658 (1912). 



Pinus densiflora Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 253 (non Siebold & Zuc- 

 carmi) (1899). — Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 549 (1902); XXXVII 

 416 (1906). — Shaw in Sargent, PL Wilson. I. 2 (1911). — Patschke in Bot. 

 Jahrb. XLVIII. 658 (1912). 



Pinus funehris Komarov in AcL HorL Petrop. XX. 177 (1901). 



Pinus densiflora, var. tahuliformis Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 549 



Pinus Henryi Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 650 (1902); XXXVII 416 



(1906). — Patschke in BoL Jahrb. XLVIII. 568 (1912). 

 Pinus Argyi Lem6e & Ldveill6, P. nana Faurie & Lem^e et P. Cavaleriei 



Lem6e & L^veille in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. VIII. 60 (1910), verisimiliter 



nuc ducenda. 



Pinus Wilsonii Shaw in Sargent, PL Wilson. I. 3. (1911), 



Kiangsi: Kuling, alt. 1400-1500 m., July and August 1907 (Nos. 

 1745; 1747; tree 6-10 m. tall, sometimes scrub 1-1.5 m. tall). Western 



