40 Illustrations of Conifers. 



PINUS MASSONIANA {Lambert). 



Genut Pinux, ed. I. p. 17 t. 12 (1803). 



A tree attaining in South China a height of 30 to 80 feet with a 

 girth of 6 feet. Bark reddish, resembling that of Finns gyhestris. 

 Branchlets glabrous. Leaves in pairs, slender, 6 to 8 inches long, 

 with finely serrate margins. 



Staminate catkins in dense spikes, with broadly lanceolate and 

 very pointed brown scales. Cones ovoid, li to 2 i inches long, the 

 scales thickened at the summit, hexagonal or rhomboid with a 

 transverse ridge and a slightly raised umbo ; seed dark brown, | 

 inch long, with a narrow wing, inch long. 



Pinus Mcmoniana is a native of Southern China, and has been 

 largely planted in Hong Kong for afforestation purposes, where it 

 thrives well on poor soil. The timber is largely used for firewood. 

 It is not in cultivation in the British Isles. 



The specimen figured by Lambert is in the British Museum 

 herbarium, having been brought by Mr. Francis Masson from the 

 Cape of Cood Hope, where the tree had been raised from seed 

 sent from China. 



The specimen illustrated was sent from Hong Kong by Mr. 

 W. J. Tutcher of the Botanical and Forestry Department. 



