TAB. 3. 



PINUS EXCBLSA. 



BHOTAN PINE. 



PiNUS EXCELSA, foUis quinis prcelongis tenuissimis laxis, antherarum crist& subrotund^ simplici truncate lace- 

 rate, strobilis cylindraceis Isvibus pendulis foliis longioribus. * - 



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Pinus excelsa. Wallich in Uteris. 



Habitat in Nepali^ ad ISarainhetty (Buchanan), in BbotaniA (W, S. Webb,) in Nepaliae Alpibus. Wallich. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor excelsa, formosa, pyramidata, ad 90 usque 120 pedes attingens. Rami numerosi, assurgentes, divisi,- 

 in verticillls ad nodos dispositi. Cortex intogoirlmus, Isevis, mollis, plumbeo-cinereus. Lignum album, 

 turgidum resind terebintacea limpidA. Folia quina, prselonga, tenuissima, triquetra, laxa, glauco-viridia, 

 lenta, o v. 7 poUices longa, augulls denticulis rcmotis exasperata, apice mucronulo calloso instructa, ad 

 ramulos undiqiie conferta atque versus apices ramulorum comoso-penicillata, suprEi bicanaliculata, sub- 

 tus plana. VagintB vix semiunciales, caducse, squamis numerosis lineari-oblongis fulvis membranaceis 

 imbricata;. Amenta terminalia, basi squamis pluribus membranaceis fuscis suffulta; masra/a ovata, bre- 

 via, obtusa, sessilia, densa, in capite glomerata, 3 lineas longa, 1 lineam crassa: staminibus monadelphis : 

 antheris brevissimis, subrotundls, bilocularibus, infcrne rimA longitudinal! debiscentibus, poUine sulpbureo 

 turgidis, apice auctis cristA parvA subrotuudA simplici membranacea rufo-fuscA, marginefimbriato-lacerA; 

 fceminea oblonga, cylindracea terna v. quaterna, erecta, pedunculata: squamis latfe rotundatis, introrsum 

 imbricatis, coriaceis, crassis, marginatis, laevibus. Strobili 3 v. 4, cylindracei, pedunculati, nudi, Isevi- 

 gati, 6i pollicares, ad maturitatem penduli, diametro 2-unciaii, versus apicem subattenuati: squamis latissi- 

 mis cuneatis, coriaceis, crassis, apprcsse imbricatis, Isevissimis, luteo-fuscis, superne mucrone brevi crasso 

 obtuse atrofusco apiculatis. Semina ovoidea, ancipiti-compressa: testa ossea, nigrcscens, maculis cinereis 

 notata: ala oblonga, obtusa, membranacea, ferruginea, subacinaciformis, reticulata. 



Tbis species approaches so near in habit and in the figure of its cones to Pinus Strobus, that were it 

 not for the simple round membranous crest of the anthers, it would be almost impossible to distinguish their 

 limits as distinct species. The leaves of this species are considerably longer than those of the P. Strobus, 



