170 PINUS; OR 



nearly half an inch long, composed of dark-brown, jagged scales, 

 the outer ones soon falling off, the inner ones being persistent; 

 buds, long, narrow, somewhat incurved, and composed of awl- 

 shaped scales, closely adhering at the tops, whitish at the edges, 

 deep-brown in the middle, and jagged on the ends. Branches, 

 slender, lower ones bent downwards, upper ones ascending at 

 the ends, and spreading ; male catkins, nearly an inch long, in 

 clusters, and blunt-pointed. Cones, ovate, tapering to both 

 ends, three inches long, and one inch and a half in diameter, 

 slightly bending downwards, on short, slender footstalks. 

 Scales, projecting, pyramidal, regularly recurved at the points, 

 one and a quarter inch broad, and almost one inch long, slightly 

 convex at the extremities, thickest on the summit, woody, and 

 of a dark, glossy brown colour. Seeds, small, with a short, 

 narrow wing, half an inch long, and a quarter of an inch broad 

 in the middle. 



Avery large tree, growing 100 feet high, found in the Island 

 of Sumatra, on the mountains of Tanna-Huring and Tobah, at 

 an elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet above the sea. It is 

 also found in Cochin-China, in Borneo, and probably in the 

 other islands in the Indian Archipelago. 



It is quite tender. 



No. 9. PiNUS MiTis, Michaux, the Soft-leaved or Yellow Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus variabilis, Pursh. 

 „ „ Toeda variabilis, Michaux. 

 „ „ echinata, Miller, not Lambert. 

 „ „ lutea, Loddiges. 

 „ „ Roylei, Lhidley. 

 „ „ intermedia, Fischer. 



Leaves, in twos, but not unfrequently in threes, pale, yel- 

 lowish green, rather spreading, from two to two and a half 

 inches in length, rather broad, stiff, blunt-pointed, partially 

 twisted, channelled on the upper surface, and light, glaucous 

 green ; sheaths half an inch long on the young leaves, but very 

 short on the adult ones, ragged or torn, and partially persistent. 

 Branches, spreading on the lower part of the trunk, but less 



