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Szechuen and is also found W. of the limit of the Red Basin, 

 extending S. into W. Yunnan. 



P. sinensis is often confused with the Japanese P. Thunbergii 

 and P. densiflora, but is easily distinguished from the former by 



Fig. Q9.—PINUS SINENSIS. 



a, branch with winter bud ; b, part of shoot with leaves in pairs, sometimes in tlirees ; c, winter 

 bud ; d, apex of serrulate leaf ; e, section of leaf. 



the colour of its buds and from the latter by the colour variation 

 of the cone. 



The species is common on the mountains of Cent, and 

 W. China and at lower levels in N. China and in Corea. 



