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destitute of branches about two thirds of its height. The bark is uncommonly 

 smooth for such large timber, of a light brown colour on the south, and 

 bleached on the north, side. The branches are pendulous, and form an open 

 pyramidal head, with that appearance which is peculiar to the yTbies tribe. The 

 leaves are between 4 in. and 5 in. long, and grow in fives, with short deciduous 

 sheaths, like those of P. Strobus : they are rigid, of a bright green colour, but 

 not glossy, and, from minute denticulations of the margin, are scabrous to the 

 touch. The cones are pendulous from the extremities of the branches : they 



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