Illustrations of Conifers. 39 



PINUS LONGIFOLIA (Roxburgh). 



Ft. hid. Vol. III. 651 (1882). 



Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 841 (1900). 



A tree attaining in the Himalayas a height of over 100 feet with a 

 girth of about 12 feet. Bark 1 to 2 inches thick, divided into large 

 plates by deep fissures. Leaves in threes, with persistent fimbriate 

 sheaths, pendulous, slender, tri-quetrous, 9 to 12 inches long, and 

 serrulate in margin. 



Cones ovoid-conic on short stalks, spreading or recurved, solitary 

 or in whorls of two to five, 4 to 8 inches long by 3 to 5 inches 

 in diameter; scales 1 to 2 inches long by f inch broad, with 

 a thick pyramidal and somewhat recurved beak. Seeds with an 

 unequal-sided wing, | to 1 inch long. 



Pi nn# loHf/ifolia is found in the outer Himalayan ranges from 

 the Indus to Bhotan at an altitude of 1,500 to 7,500 feet, often 

 forming extensive forests. It was introduced in 1801, and is occas- 

 ionally cultivated under glass. 



The specimen figured was obtained from the Botanic Gardens, 

 Naples, in 1910. 



