PINUS KORAIENSIS. 



335 



sub-sessile, ovoid-cylindric, obtuse, 4 5 inches long, and 2 '5 3 inches 

 in diameter near the base ; scales broadly rhoniboid-cuneate, reflexed at 

 the apex, rugose or striated. Seeds relatively large with a narrow 

 rudimentary wing. 



Finns koraiensis, Siebold and Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. II. 28, t 116, excl. figs 1 4 

 (1842). Endlicher, Synops. Conif. 140 (1847). Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 385. 

 Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, 1, with tigs. Parlatore, D. C. Prodr. XVI. 404. 

 Gordon, Pinet. ed. II. 306. Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. 504 ; and Journ. 

 R. Hort. Soc. XIV. 234. Beissner, Nadelholzk. 280, with fig. Mayr, Abiet. 

 des Jap. Belches, 73, t. V. fig. 18 



Eng. Corean Pine. Germ. Korea- Ziirbel. Jap. Chosen-matzu. 



An eastern Asiatic species 

 spread over the Corea, parts 

 of China and Japan. It has 

 been asserted by several 

 authors that it is not endemic 

 in the last named country, 

 but an introduced plant from 

 the neighbouring peninsula 

 of Corea ; Dr. Mayr, how- 

 ever, found this Pine scattered 

 through the mountain forests 

 of Japan, notably at Kisso, 

 and on Mount Kotzuke, in 

 situations where the trees 

 could not have been planted 

 by the hand of Man, nor is 

 their presence in these places 

 to be accounted for by any 

 circumstances arising out of 

 the length of time that 

 this Pine has been cultivated 

 by the Japanese.* Its pre- 

 sence in a wild state in 

 Corea was verified by Mr. 

 James Herbert Veitch during 

 his adventurous journey 

 through the country in 1892 ; 

 he saw it in several locali- 

 ties, notably on the Diamond 

 mountains where it is very abundant. In 1899 it was gathered 

 by Messrs. Veitch's botanical collector, E. H. Wilson, in Yuen-Chiang, 

 in south China, a locality so remote from Corea as to indicate an 

 extensive* distribution of this species. 



Fig. 94. Cone of Pinus koraiensis. 



Abietineen des Japanischen Reiches, loc. cit. 



