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Illustrations of Conifers. 



PINUS KHASYA {J, D. Hooker). 



Fl. Brit. India, Vol. V. p. 662 (1888). 



A tree attaining in Burma a height of 100 to 150 feet with a girth 

 of 10 feet or more. Bark thick and deeply fissured Leaves in 

 threes, slender, 6 to 10 inches long, with serrulate margins, sharp 

 points, and marginal resin-canals ; leaf-sheaths persistent, \ to J inch 

 long. Cones solitary in pairs or threes, ovoid, 2 to 3 inches long 

 and about 2 inches in diameter ; scales thickened at the apex and 

 transversely keeled. Seed with a long oblong wing. 



Pinus Khasya occurs wild in the Khasi Hills, Chittagong and 

 Shan States in Burma, at 2,500 to 7,000 feet altitude, often forming 

 extensive forests. The timber is used locally for building purposes 

 and the tree yields good turpentine. 



Pinus Khasya is closely allied to Pinus iusularis, which occurs 

 in the Philippine Islands and may be a geographical variety. In 

 the Khasi Hills Pinus Khasya is only a small tree, but Hooker 

 records trees 200 feet high in Burma. 



The specimen illustrated was sent from Burma by Major 

 O. Clinton-Baker in 1911. 



