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Pines found in ilie Tanrian Caucasus. 



year. The wood is harder than that of P. orientalis, and is not 

 so much corroded by larvae." 



A truly beautiful tree, from its very silvery leaves, and its 

 abundant strobiles. The branchlets resemble those of P. bal- 

 samea, and are covered with rough dark-coloured down. The 

 leaves are linear, f lin. broad, and about 1 in. long, with the 

 point slightly emarginate ; above, pale yellowish green, chan- 

 nelled ; below, with a silvery glaucous line on each side of the 

 midrib, equal in breadth to the keel and thickened margins. 





