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the Shatool Pass, and below Chansoo, in Kunawur, with long 

 horizontal branches, for the most part clothed to near the ground, 

 but inclining upwards so as to form a spreading cone, rather 

 than a large spreading head. 



This is the ' Kail,' or * Kaeel' (sort of Pine), of the hill 

 people about Simla, the ' Leem,' of Kunawur, and the ' Yari,' 

 of Cashmere ; also the Weeping Fir of the Himalayan travellers, 

 and the Chylla or Cheel of Kamaoon and Gurhwal. 



Timber, soft, white, and remarkably compact, producing in 

 great abundance a highly fragrant resinous turpentine. 



Dr. Wallich and some other travellers mention what they 

 consider varieties of this pine, some with shorter, others with 

 greener leaves, and others with stiffer foliage, but all such 

 varieties no doubt arise from climate and elevation. 



It is quite hardy. 



No. 66. PiNUs FiLiFOLiA, LinfUpv . the Thread-leaved Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Skmneni, Forbes. 

 „ „ Jostii, Roezl, 



Leaves, in fives, from twelve to fourteen inches long, acutely 

 triangular, of a dull green colour, rather stout, and curved out- 

 wards, particularly the older leaves. Sheaths, long, smooth, 

 and persistent, or not falling off. Branches, few, irregular, and 

 very robust, resembling those of the Swamp Pine of America, 

 and densely clothed with its beautiful long leaves. Cones, 

 elongated, or conical, tapering from the base to a blunt point, 

 seven or eight inches long, with a smooth and rather hard sur- 

 face. Scales, one inch across, rather equally four-sided, de- 

 pressed, and pyramidal in the centre, terminated by a hard 

 blunt point. Seeds, middle sized, with the wing one inch and 

 a quarter long. 



A very handsome tree, growing from forty to sixty feet high, 

 abundantly in Guatemala, particularly near Santiago, and on 

 the ' Volcan del Fuego,' in exposed places, and on the moun- 

 tains near Guatemala (City). 



It is very tender, and produces a light white timber of little 

 value. 



