PINACEAE. — PINUS 13 



locality, October 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 662) ; north-west of Hsing- 

 shan Hsien, alt. 2000 m., July and September 1907 (No. 2506, 251 1; 

 tree 15-20 m. tall); Patung Hsien, around hamlet of Ta-wan, alt. 

 1500 m., June and July 1907 (No. 2509; tree 15 -20 m. tall, cones very 

 large). Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, 

 alt. 1500-2500 m., July and November 1908, October 1910 (Nos. 1151, 

 1151% 2510; tree 8-20 m. tall, girth 0.6-1.3 m., cones often small); 

 Chingchi Hsien, Fei-yiieh-ling, alt. 2500-2800 m., August and October 

 1908 (No. 1387; tree 12.20 m. tall, cones of huge size); north of 

 Tachien-lu, alt. 3000-3300 m., November 1908 (No. 1470, in part; 

 tree 6-15 m. tall); west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, cliffs, alt. 

 2500-2600 m., June 21, 1908 (No. 1470, in part; tree 15-25 m. tall; 

 girth 0.6-2 m.); Lungan Fu, cliffs, alt. 2000-3000 m., August 1910 

 (No. 1151''; tree 10-20 m. tall); without precise locality, October 1904 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 3017). Yunnan: Mengtze, alt. 2300 m., A. 

 Henry (No. 10519); Mile district, A. Hennj (No. 9868). Shensi: 

 without locality, G. Giraldi. 



This is the White Pine of China and the only member of this group known 

 from the eighteen provinces of China. It is widely distributed in the temperate 

 regions of that country and presents much variation in size of cone. It is every- 

 where a tree of medium size, shapely in habit with smooth, pale gray bark, and 

 cones borne on the ends of the branches which, normally, are straight and hori- 

 zontally wide-spreading. The wood is resinous, close grained, soft but durable. 

 It is esteemed for general building purposes and is commonly used tor torches. 

 The tree delights in a rocky country where precipitation is relatively great. 



Colloquially this Pine is frequently called the " Peh Sung" (literally White 

 Pine) but this name more correctly belongs to P. Bxingeana Zuccarini. 



Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 116, 266, 084, 093, 0283 of the 

 collection of my photographs and in my Vegetation of Western China, Nos. 357, 

 358. E. H. W. 



Pinus Bungeana Zuccarini in Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 166 (1847). — 

 Fortune, Yedo and Peking, 377, 378, fig. (1863). — Naudin in Rev. 

 Hort. (1863) 372. — Hance in Jour. Linn. Soc. XIII. 87 (1873).— 

 Masters in Gard. Chron, ser. 2, XVIII. 8, fig. 1, 2 (1882); in Gartenzeit. 

 II. 399, fig. 79 (1883) ; in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 549 (1902) ; XXXVII. 

 415 (1906).— Beissner in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. IV. 185 

 (1897). — Clinton-Baker, III. Conif. I. t. 11 (1909). — Fatschke in 

 Bot. Jahrh. XLVIII. 657 (1912). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, on mud and sandstone shales, 

 alt. 1000-1250 m., indigenous but rare (No. 2512; tree 15-25 m, tall, 

 girth 1-2.5 m., wood brittle, bark milk white exfoliating in thin sheets 

 of irregular shape). Chili: Peking, temple grounds near Summer 



