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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



i 36. P. GERARVIA^NA Wall. Gerard's, or the short-leaved Nepal, Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 79. ; Royle Illust., p. 353. ; Pin. Wob., p. 53. 



Synonymes. P. Nebsa Govan ; eatable-seeded Pine of the East Indies ; ? Chilghbza Elphtnstone, on 



the authority of Royle Illust. p. 32. ; the Neoza Pine, Penny Cyc , vol. 18. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 79.; Royle Illust., t. 85. f. 2.; Pin. Wob., t. 19. ; and our 



fig. 1871., from Royle, to our usual scale ; and figs. 1869. and 1870., the cone from Lambert, and 



the leaves from Royle, both of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in threes, short ; sheaths 

 deciduous. Cones ovate-oblong ; scales thick, 

 blunt, and recurved at the apex. (Lamb. Pin.) 

 Leaves, in Royle's figure, from 3 in. to 5 in. 

 in length ; sheaths imbricate, f in. in length. 



Cone 8 in. long, and nearly 5 in. broad. Seed lin. long, and f in. broad ; 

 cylindrical, pointed at both ends, and of a dark brown ; eatable, like those 

 of the stone pine. Wings short. A middle-sized tree. Nepal, on the northern 

 face of the Himalayas, at from 5,000ft. to 10,000 ft. of elevation. Height 

 30ft. to 50ft. Introduced ? 1830. Apparently tender in British Gardens. 



