146 STROBUS. 
Habitat in australi et occidentali Himalaye jugo, in Bhotan 
(C. W. Webb), Nepal ( in monte Shiwapuri , ad septemtrio- 
nem urbis Khatmandu, Wallich), in Gurhwal et Sirmur, 
inter 71 — 929 Lat. or. et 27 — 32? Lat. bor., elevatione 
7000 — 10600 partim sylvas constituens, partim cum Pinu- 
bus longifolia et Morinda mixta. : 
Arbor excelsa, pyramidata, trunco ex Don nonaginta ad centum et 
viginti pedum altitudinem attingzente, in Himalaya occidentali ex 
Hoffmeister quinquaginta pedum altitudinem vix superante, cortice 
levi rimosove, molli, plumbeo cinereo, ligno albo, durabili, 
resina terebinthacea limpida turgido. Rami verticillati, adscen- 
dentes v. juniores nutantes. Foliorum fasciculi sparsi, conferti, 
versus ramulorum apices eomoso approximati. Folia quina, tri- 
quetra, 5—7 pollices longa, paullo quam in P. Strobo latiora, glauco- 
viridia, lenta, nonnihil incurva, acuta, mucrone calloso terminata, 
supra carina argute prominenie, suleo utrinque juxta carinam 
glaucescente, subtus plana, ad angulos dentieulis minutis rigidis 
aspera. Vagin:z semipollicares, lax:e, late lineares, acuütze, caducz. 
Strobili 3—4, peduneulati, penduli, crasse cylindraceo conici, 
sex—septem polliees longi, diameiro maximo sesquipollieari bi- 
pollicarique, versus apicem attenuati, obtusi. Squam:e coriaceeo- 
liznos:??, adpresse imbricatz?, apophysi magis ae in P. Strobo 
obtusa, paullo etiam convexiore, longitudinaliter rugoso sulcata, 
ecterum nitida, luteo fusca. ^ Umbo terminalis crassus, acutus, 
nigro fuscus, basi nonnihil consirictus. Semen 3 circiter lineas 
longum, ancipiti compressum, intezumento osseo, nigricante, 
cinereo-maculato. Ala semine quadruplo fere longior acinacifor- 
mis, medio 6 lineas lata, acuta, tenuissime membranacea, ferru- 
ginea, reticulata. Embryonis cotyledones 12. 
51. Piwvs SrRonvs Linn. 
Strobus foliis carinato-trigonis elongato-filiformibus te- 
nuissimis laxis, strobilis subfusiformi cylindricis gracilibus 
acutis, squamarum apophysi dimidiato pyramidata obtusa 
planiuscula adpressa, umbone terminali obtusiusculo, an- 
therarum crista minima bipartita, lobis subulato-seta- 
ceis. 
