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PiNUS Laricio pendula, Carriere, the Pendulous Gorsican Pine. 



This variety has its branches and branchlets more or less 

 pendulous. 



No. 11. PiNUS Massoniana, Siebold, not Lcvmhert, Mr. Masson's 



Japan Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus sylvestris, Thunberg, not Linnceus. 

 „ rubra. Siebold, in part. 

 „ Thunbergii, Parlatore. 

 „ „ tabulseformis, Fortune. 



Leaves in twos, needle-shaped, stiff, straight, acute-pointed, 

 and rough at the edges ; from four to six inches long, convex 

 on the outer side, concave on the inner one, and somewhat 

 glaucous on both faces. Sheaths rather short, and formed of 

 several broad scales, fringed or jagged at the ends. Buds 

 covered with imbricated, non- resinous scales. Branches rather 

 long, spreading, and covered with an ashy-gray bark. Branch- 

 lets rather smooth and slender. Cones solitary or sub-vertical, 

 very numerous on old trees ; from two to two and a half inches 

 long, of a conical shape, rounded at the base, regularly tapering 

 to the point, and on short, but somewhat reflected foot-stalks. 

 Scales small, woody, linear-oblong, slightly thickened on the 

 upper, or exposed part, obliquely diamond-shaped, closely 

 imbricated, nearly aU of a size, and with a slender, elevated 

 line across the middle, having in its centre a little prickle, 

 which soon falls off. Seeds very small, with membranous 

 wings of a rusty-brown colour, and three times the length of 

 the seeds. Seed-leaves rather short and in sixes. 



According to Professor Zuccarini and Dr. Siebold, this tree 

 is easily distinguished, at first sight, from Pinus densiflora, 

 with winch it is frequently found intermixed, and forming vast 

 woods in the middle part of the island of Nippon, especially 

 about Yeddo, but it is more or less common all over Japan, and 

 China. It, however, is more a valley plant than Pinus densi- 

 flora, and is frequently to be found standing about the marshy 

 rice-fields, attaining a height of 40 or 50 feet, but becoming 

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