64 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



Page 190. 



PiNUS BuNGEANAj Zuccarini, the Chinese Lace-bark Pine. 



The Chinese call this Pine " Kieu-lung mu" (the skin, or 

 bark-shedding Pine), on account of its shedding its outer bark 

 every season. Why it is called the Lace- bark Pine is not very 

 evident. 



Page 193. 

 PiNus Canariensis, Smith, the Canary Island Pine. 

 The leaves of this Pine are sometimes in twos, but more fre- 

 quently in threes ; and the trees ascend on the slope of the 

 Peak of Teneriife to 7,200 feet of elevation ; but the zone above 

 2,400 feet is wholly occupied by vast forests, mingled with the 

 Juniperus Cedro of Webb. The inhabitants call it Tea, and 

 consider its timber excellent. 



Page 195. 



PiNUS Gerardiana, Wallich, Capt. Gerard's Indian Pine. 



The Shipkees in Thibet ciill this Pine " Kuminche" and 

 '' Sunoubur-Sughar" (lesser sweet-nut Pine), an apt name 

 enough, for the tree seldom grows more than 50 feet high. 

 Mr. Winterbottom found it as far north as Gilgit; but neither 

 Drs. Hooker nor Griffith ever seem to have discovered it in a 

 native state either in Eastern Nepal or Sikkim ; and Capt. 

 Gerard states its highest altitude on the southern exposures of 

 the inner Himalayas to be from 10,850 to 12,300 feet, generally 

 associated with Cedrus Deodora. Dr. Griffith found it in 

 Affghanistan occurring on the outer ranges, indicating exemption 

 from the periodical rains. It is styled by Europeans " the 

 edible pine-nut;" the seeds being nearly an inch long, very 

 sweet, and said to possess many good qualities, amongst which 

 that of easy digestion is certainly not to be reckoned one. 



PiNUS LawsonIj Roezl, Lawson's Mexican Pine. 

 A distinct kind, having the leaves mostly in threes, but some- 

 times in fours, six inches long, rather slender, sharp-pointed, 



