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ARBORETUM AND FKUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



2147 



7 ft. high. In its general appearance, it resembles P. Sahinidna ; but it is 

 readily distinguished from that species by the upright character of its foliage. 

 Both species have the buds of the same 

 form and colour; the leaves of the same 

 beautiful glaucous hue in every stage of 

 their growth ; the young shoots covered 

 with a violet glaucous bloom, like those of 

 P. inops and P. mitis ; and both retain 

 their leaves till the summer of the third 

 year. The colour and form of the seeds in 

 the two kinds'are exactly the same ; but the 

 larger cone has the smaller seeds. To us, it 

 appears that they are only varieties of one 

 species ; but, if they are so, they are as well 

 worth keeping distinct as any species what- 

 ever. They may, indeed, be described as of 

 surpassing beauty ; and, what adds greatly 

 to their value, they appear to be quite 

 hardy. 



1 22. P. longifo'lia Roab. The long-leaved Indian Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 26, 27. ; Royle lUust. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 355. ; Bon Jard.,^ 



ed. 1837, p. 976. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 26, 27. ; Royle Illust., t. 85. f. 2. ; our Jig. 2151., to our usual 



scale, and figs. 2118. to 2150., of the natural size, from Royle and Lambert, and from Dropmore 



specimens. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves in threes, very long and slender, pendulous ; sheaths 

 long. Cones ovate-oblong. Scales elevated at the apex, very thick, re- 

 curved. (Lamb. Pin.) Buds, in the Dropmore specimens (see^g. 2148.)^ 

 from 1 in. to l^in. long, and nearly a in. broad; covered with 

 dry scales at the lower part, and abortive leaves ; swelling 

 towards the upper part, and concavely acuminate ; white, woolly, 

 and entirely without resin. Leaves (see ^g. 2130.) 1ft. in 

 length ; sheaths f in. long, white, chaffy, and lacerated. Cone 

 (see^g. 2150.) from 5 in. to 5iin. long, and 2Ain. to 2| in. 

 broad ; scale, according to Mr. Lambert's plate (see fig. 2149.), 

 from H in. to 2 in. in length. Seed, without the wing, ^ in. long; 

 with the wing, l|in. Cotyledons, according to Lawson, about 

 12. Native of Nepal, and requiring protection in England. 



Dcscrijition, ^c. A tree, growing, in Nepal, to the height of ' g^^' ' 

 100 ft. or upwards, with few, short, and remotely verticillate 



branches. The leaves are of a vivid 

 green, disposed in spiral rows round 

 the young wood; and they vary in 

 length from 9 in. to 18 in. ; they 

 are very slender, generally pendulous^ 

 and channeled so as to appear trian- 

 gular in the section. They are ser- 

 rated on the margins, and imperfectly 

 scabrous throughout. Sheaths less 

 than 1 in. in length, delicate, and 

 lacerated at their margins. Male cat- 

 kins crowded round the base of the 

 young shoots, pointing upwards ; cy- 

 lindrical, and about 1 in. in length. 

 Young cones globose, with stalks, 

 and erect ; mature cones less than 

 one half the length of the leaves; 

 oblong-ovate, and dark brown ; outer 



