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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



. I 36. P. Gerarhia^na Wall. Gerard's, m- the sJiort-Icaved Xqjal, Pine. 



Jdcniification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 79. ; Royle lUust., p. 3-53. ; Pin. Wob., p. 53. 



Si/7ionymes. P. Kcosa Govan ; eatable-seeded Pine of the Kast Indies ; ? Chilghoza Elphinstone, on 



the authority of lioyle I/lust. p. 32. ; the Neoza Pine, Penny Cyc , vol. 18. 

 Enf;rav>nf;s. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 79. ; Royle lUust., t. 85. f.. ; Pin. Wob., t. 19. ; and our 



,lfig. 1S71., from Royle, to our usual scale; arid Jigs. 1869. and 1870., the cone from Lambert, and 



the loaves from Royle, both of the natural size. 



Spec. Char,, c^~c. Leaves in threes, short ; sheaths 



deciduous. Cones ovate-oblong ; scales thick, 



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



weaves, in Royle's figure, from 3^ in. to 5 in. 



length ; sheaths imbricate, f in. in length. 



183D. P. GerarcU.lnn. 1S70. 



Cone 8 in. long, and nearly 5 in. broad. Seed ^in. long, and fin. 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 

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

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



