652 CXLIV. CONIFEILE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Finns. 



** Leaves in clusters of 3. 



2. P. longrifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 651; leaves 9-12 in. slender 

 triquetrous, back obtuse, sheaths persistent, cones peduncled ovoidly 

 conical, scales with a greatly thickened 4-6-lobed tip which is beaked in 

 the centre, seeds oblong with an oblanceolate unequal-sided wing. Endl. 

 Conif. 158 ; Par tat. in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 390 ; Royle III 353, t. 85, f. 1 ; 

 Lamb. Pin. Ed. 2, 32, t. 22 ; Wall. Cat. 6065 ; Brand. For. Fl. 506 ; Cleghorn 

 Pines of N.W. Himal. i. 3; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 396; Griff'. Notul. 

 iv. 18 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 369, 370. 



OUTER HIMALAYAN RANGES, from the Indus to Bhotan, alt. 1500-6000 ft., and 

 to 7500 ft. in Kumaon. DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



A large tree, attaining 110 ft., but often stunted and gnarled ; trunk usually 

 naked, rarely 12 ft. girth ; bark very thick and furrowed. Leaves dark or light 

 green, serrulate, falling about the third to fourth year ; sheaths fimbriate. Male spikes 

 cylimlric. Cones solitary or clustered, 4-7 by 3 in. diam. at the base ; scales lj-2 

 by f in., beak pungent or obtuse. Seeds with the wing ^-1 in. Cotyledons 

 about 12. 



3. P. Khasya, Royle in Gardn. Mag. 1840, 8 ; leaves 5-9 in. semi- 

 terete grooved above, sheaths persistent, cones long-peduncled ovoid, tips 

 of scales thickened flat or convex transversely keeled, seeds with an oblong 

 wing. Parlat. in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 390 ; Brand. For. Fl. 508. P. Kasya, 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 499 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 397. P. Khasyana, Griff. 

 Notul. iv. 18 (Itin. Notes 58, No. 901) ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 367, 368 ; HooJc.f. 

 Himal. Journ. ii. 282. P. Keseya, Royle ex Endl. Conif. 158. 



KHASIA, CHITTAGONG and BURMESE HILLS, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



Usually a small tree in the Khasia, but in Burma attaining 200 fc., with a trunk 

 10 ft. in girth ; bark very thick and cracked. Leaves very slender, green, serrulate ; 

 sheaths -f in. Cones 2-3 in., young recurved; peduncle bracteate. Seeds f in. 

 long with the round topped wing. 



4. P. G-erardiana, Wall, in Lamb. Pin. Ed. 3, t. 79 ; Cat. 6064 ; 

 leaves stout 3-5 in. stiff compressed and triquetrous, sheaths and bracts 

 deciduous, cones peduncled ovoid or oblong-ovoid tips of scales broad 

 obtusely triangular with a recurved spine from the upper margin, seeds 

 cylindric wing short caducous. Fndl. Conif. 159; Parlat. in DC. Prodr. 

 xvi. ii. 391 ; Boyle III. 353, t. 85, f. 2 ; Brand. For. Fl. 508, t. 67 ; Cleghorn 

 Pines of N. W. Himal. t. 4. 



Dry interior valleys of the N.W. HIMALAYA, alt. 5800-12,000 ft., from Kunavvur 

 westwards, and in Garwhal. DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



A tree, attaining 60 ft., with a stout trunk sometimes 12 ft. in girth, and a 

 roundish head ; branches horizontal or decurved, tips ascending; bark smooth, often 

 silverv, deciduous in long flakes. Leaves dark green, persistent for 3-4 years, serru- 

 late ; "sheaths in., entire. Cones 6-9 by 4-5 in., glaucous, young erect, peduncle 

 1 in., bracteate. Seeds 1 in. long. 



*** Leaves 2 in a sheath. 



5. P. TCerkusii, Jungh. 8f De Vriese in Plant. Nov. Ind. Sat. Or. 5, 

 t. 2 ; leaves 8-10 in. slender Semite rete grooved above, sheaths persistent, 

 cones ovoid-oblong, scales with thickened 4-5-angled pyramidal tips and a 

 transverse ridge and depressed scars. Fndl. Conif. 176 ; Parlat. in DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. ii. 389 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 499 ; Gamble 'Man. Ind. Timb. 398 ; 

 De Boer Conif. Archip. Ind. 5 ; Blume Rumph. iii. 210 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 ii. 1069. P. sumatrana, Jungh. in Bot. Zeit. (1846; 698. P. Finlaysoniana, 



