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PART 111. 



species may possibly arise from the seed from which they were raised having 

 been produced by trees growing in the warm valleys of Nepal; and that, 

 " by procuring seed from trees at the highest elevation at which they are 

 found to exist, plants might be raised sufficiently hardy to stand the climate 

 of Britain." (Man. y &c., p. 356.) Price of plants, in Lawson's Nursery, 

 25s. each. 



viii. Gerardihnas. 



Sect. Char. Leaves rather short, straight, stiff, with the sheaths caducous. 

 1 23. P. GERARDIA^NA Wall. Gerard's, or the short-leaved Nepal, Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 79. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 356. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Synonyme. P. Nebsa Govan ; eatable-seeded Pine of the East Indies j ? Chilghbza Elphinstone, no 



the authority of Royle Illust., p. 32. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 79. ; Royle Illust, t. 85. f. 2. ; and our fie. 2153., from Royle, to 



our usual scale ; and figs. 215k and 2155., the cone from Lambert, and the leaves from Royle, 



both of the natural size. 



Spec. Char. y Sfc. Leaves in threes, short ; sheaths deciduous. Cones ovate- 

 oblong; scales thick, blunt, and recurved at the apex. (Lamb. Pin.) 

 Leaves, in Royle's figure, from 3^ in. to 5 in. in length; sheaths im- 

 bricate, f in. in length. 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. 



Description. A large tree, conical in form, and compact in habit ; rea- 

 dily known from all other 3-leaved pines by the sheaths from which 

 the leaves proceed being scaly, and falling off, like the sheaths of the 

 division of pines having five leaves. The appearance of the leaves, with 

 the scales, has been given by Dr. Royle, from which our fig. 2155 b. is co- 

 pied ; and the leaves may be seen without the sheaths, as they appear on 

 the branches when full grown, mfig. 2155 ., also from Royle. The cones, 

 which bear a general resemblance to those of P. longifolia, are from 8 in. 

 to 10 in. in length, and from 5 in. to 6 in. in breadth, with thick, broad, 

 wedge-shaped scales, not woody, like those of P. Sabinzana, but rather 

 corky. The apexes are elevated, and dilated laterally, forming a semi- 

 circular line above, and two convex segments, meeting in a blunt corky 

 point, below, and turned downwards, as in Jig. 2154. The leaves are 

 straight, of a glaucous green, with two channels above, and convex 

 beneath ; obsoletely crenulated along the centre and margins. Nothing 

 is said respecting the timber of this tree ; but the seeds are eaten by the 

 inhabitants of the lower parts of India, in the southern countries. This 

 species was discovered by Capt. P. Gerard, of the 

 Bengal Native Infantry ; and named in commemoration 

 of him by Dr. Wallioh. Cones have been sent to 

 England, by Dr. Wallich and others, at different times ; 

 though they are often confounded with those of P. 

 longifolia. The plant named P. Gerardidna in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden has persistent sheaths, 

 and long slender leaves, and is, doubtless, P. longifolia ; 

 and the same may be said of a number of plants at 

 Messrs. Loddiges's. A plant at Sir Oswald Moseley's, 

 said to be raised from seeds sent home by the Marquess 

 of Hastings as those of P. Gerardeawa, is a 2-leaved 

 pine ; and evidently, from the specimen kindly sent to 

 us by its proprietor, who is an exellent botanist, and of 

 the same opinion, nothing more than P. Pinea. A 

 young plant at Dropmore, named there P. Neosa, may 

 possibly be true. Mr. Lawson has received cones and 

 seeds from the East Indies, and has plants of the true 

 P. Ger&rdidna for sale at 35*. each. There are also plants 

 of the true P. Gerardidna in the Clapton Nursery, under its synonyme of P- 

 Neosa. 



