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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.) niontKola. 



c. Natives of Nepal and 

 Mexico. 



1 54. P. (S.) exce'lsa WaUich. 

 The lofty, or Bhotan, Pine. 



IdentijicaUon. Wall. PI. As. Rar., t. 

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



Synonymes. P. Dickshnn Hort. ; Chilla, 

 or Chylla, Himalayas ; Kuel, Sirmone 

 Gurhuml ; Lemshing, Bhotea ; Rae- 

 sula, or King of the Firs, Hindostan. 



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

 Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. ; our Jig- 1918. 

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

 1917. of the nat. size, from Wallich, 

 Lambert, and from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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, 

 A in. long and vV in 

 broad ; conical, 

 straight siiles, 

 pointed. {Fig. 1913.) 

 Leaves ratherinore than 

 6 in, long. Cone S 

 and 2 in. broad, with a 

 stalk 1 in. Ions ; scale 



1915. 



J 6 , 



With 

 and 



y in, long, 

 foot- 



1| 



in. 



long, and 1^ in. broad. Seeds 

 ^ in. long, and f in, broad ; 

 with the wing, 1^ in, long, 

 and I in. broad, A large tree. 

 Nepal, on mountains. Height 

 90 ft. to 120 ft. Introduced 

 in 1823, It flowers in May, 

 and ripens its cones in the 

 autumn of the second year. 



