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ascertaining other particulars, it is considered 

 best to keep it distinct. Judging from the 

 appearance of the specimens sent home by 

 Douglas, the tree must abound in resin. 

 Among Douglas's specimens, there is a va- 

 riety with red cones, from which no plants 

 have yet been raised 



1914. P. (S.) monucola. 



c. Natives of Nepal and 

 Mexico. 



* 54. P. (S.) EXCE'LSA Wallich. 

 The lofty, or Bhutan, Pine. 



Identification. Wall. PI. As. Rar., t. 

 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. 



Synonymes. P. DicksomV Hort. ; Chilla, 

 ' or Chylla, Himalayas ; Kuel, Sirmone 

 # Gurhwal ; Lemshing, Bhotea ; Rae- 

 sula, or King of the Firs, Hindostan. 



Engravings. Wall. PI. As. Rar., t. 201. ; 

 Lamb. Pin., 1. t 33. ; our fig. 1918. 

 to our usual scale, and figs. 1915, 1916, 

 1917. of the nat. size, from Wallich, 

 Lambert, and from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in fives, 

 very long, and slender, loose. 

 Crest of the anthers roundish, 

 truncate ; simple, lace- 

 rated. Cones cylindri- 

 cal, smooth, pendulous, 

 longer than the leaves. 

 (Wall.) Buds, on the 

 tree in the Horticultu- 

 ral Society's Garden, 

 \ in. long and -^ in. 

 broad ; conical, with 

 straight sides, and 

 igis. pointed. (Fig. 1915.) 

 Leaves rather more than 

 6 in. long. Cone 9 in. long, 

 and 2 in. broad, with a foot- 

 stalk 1 in. long; scale If in. 

 long, and li in. broad. Seeds 

 ^ in. long, and f in. broad ; 

 with the wing, 1J in. long, 

 and f in. broad. A large tree. 

 Nepal, on mountains. Height 

 90ft. to 120ft. Introduced 

 in 1823. It flowers in May, 

 and ripens its cones in the 

 autumn of the second year. 



P. (S.)exc6lsa. 



