STROBUS. 145 
»tissimis, tertiam fere peripheri: partem prehendentibus, 9 — 10*'' 
latis, 6— 8^ longis, latissime rotundatis, a basi ad apicem 
,suleato-rugulosis, in dorso rugularum nitide l:vigatis, patulis, 
margine tenui foliaceis, medio ecartilagineis, apice obtusissimo 
»in apophysim (umbonem) transverse lanceolatam planiusculam, 
»Subtruncatam excurrentibus, intus squamas accessorias mem- 
,branaceas obtegentibus eisque adnexis. Semina ala rudimentaria 
»V/2'^* breviori cincta, flavo-cinerea, ovoideo-oblonga, utrinque 
»0btusa, lateribus convexa, 3''^ longa, 2*'' lata, 1'/5''' erassa, 
»ex traditione accolarum ut videtur non edulia, testa lignosa fra- 
.£ili, membrana interiore tenui albumen carnosum includente.* 
Grisebach l. c. 
Species Strobo similior quam Cembre, cujus specimina cla- 
rissimi inventoris humanitati gratus debeo. 
SEcri0 VII. STROBUS.  Squamarum apophysis dimi- 
diato pyramidata, umbone terminali. Semina alata. — 
Folia quina. — Strobili elongato cylindracei , penduli. 
Strobus Spach Hist. nat. veg. phaner. XI. 394. 
50. Prvvs EexcELSA Wall. 
Strobus foliis carinato-trigonis elongato-filiformibus te- 
nuibus, strobilis elongato conicis obtusis, squamarum apo- 
physi dimidiato pyramidata obtusa convexiuscula adpressa, 
umbone terminali acuto, antherarum crista ovali truncata 
lacera. 
. Pinus Strobus Hamilton Account of Nepal. 83. 
Pinus Chylla Loddig. Cat. 1836. 50. 
Pinus Dieksonii Hort. 
Pinus excelsa Wallich. an$c. Don in Lambert Pin. ed. 2. I. 55. 
t. 33. /'allich List n. 6059. | Plant. As. rar. IIT. 1. t. 201. 
Forbes Pinet. Woburn. 15. t. 29. Loudon Arboret. Brit. IV. 
2285. f. 2197 —2202.  Encyclop. of trees 1022. f. 1915 — 1918. 
Link in Linnea XV. 515. Spach Hist. nat. veget. phanerog. 
XI. 396. Antoine Comif. 42. t. 20. f. 1. Hoffmeist. in Bot. 
Zeit. 1846. p. 184. 
Lem-shing, Bhotan. Chylla, Nepal. Kuel s. Tschir e£ Tschil, 
Gurwall et Sirmur. Raesula, Hindost. Weeping-Fir, Anglor. 
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