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PiNUS 



toothed at the margins ; leaf-sheaths f in. long, soon falling. Cones in- 

 dehiscent, i^ to 3 ins. long, and nearly as thick ; scales very thick, with a 

 spine-tipped boss. Seeds about ^ in. long, with little or no wing, sweet, 

 edible. r 



Native of Western N.America at high elevations, becoming in cold bleak 

 sites reduced to dwarf scrub. It was introduced by Jeffrey in 18,52, but 

 subsequently Disappeared from cultivation. A few years ago it was reintro- 



duced to Kew, where 

 small plants are quite 

 healthy but slow-growing. 

 They already show the 

 characteristic tendency 

 to form several leaders. 

 Closely allied to P. flexilis, 

 and with the same tooth- 

 less leaves and nearly 

 wingless seeds, but very 

 different in the cones. 



P. ARMANDII, 



Franchet. ARMAND'S 



PINE. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8347.) 



A tree 'described as 

 becoming 60 ft. high in 

 nature, with very much 

 the aspect in a young 

 state of P. excelsa ; young 

 shoots greyish green, 

 usually furnished with a 

 minute, dark, often scat- 

 tered down. Leaves in 

 fives, mostly falling the 

 second year ; 4 to 6 ins. 

 long, white with stomata 

 on two sides, glossy green 

 on the third ; pointed, 

 minutely toothed on the 

 margin ; leaf-sheath soon 

 falling away. Cones 4 to 

 8 ins. long, 2^- to 3 ins. 

 thick before expanding, 

 tapering slightly from 

 the base. Scales thick, 

 broadly triangular, about 

 i\ ins. long. 



Native of the moun- 

 tains of W. China ; first introduced to England by Henry, who sent seeds 

 to Kew from Mengtse, Yunnan, in 1897. But two years previously seeds 

 had reached Mr Maurice de Vilmorin from Pere Farges. The trees raised 

 from Henry's seed grew quickly when once established, and first bore cones 

 (infertile) in 1909. In habit and foliage they scarcely differ from P. excelsa, 

 and promise to have about the same garden value. The leaves often show 

 the same kink towards the base as. in excelsa. The cones, as may be seen 

 from our figures, are very distinct. 



PINUS ARMANDII. 



