998 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
2 36. P. Gerarpi4‘né Wall. Gerard’s, or the short-leaved Nepal, Pine. 
Identification. Lamb, Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 79. ; Royle Jllust., p. 353.; Pin. Wob., p. 53. . 
Synonymes. P. Neosa Govan ; eatable-seeded Pine of the Last Indies ; ? Chilghdza Elphinstone, on 
the authority of Royle Illust. p. 32. ; the Neoza Pine, Penny Cyc., vol. 18. 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t.79.; Royle Illust., t. 85. f. 2.; Pin. Wob., t.19.; and our 
Jig. 1871., from Royle, to our usual scale; and jigs, 1869. and 1870., the cone from Lambert, and 
the leaves from Royle, both of the natural size. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in threes, short; sheaths 
deciduous. Cones ovate-oblong ; scales thick, 
blunt, and recurved at the apex. (Lamé, Pin.) 
Leaves, in Royle’s figure, from 32 in. to 5 in. 
in length ; sheaths imbricate, 2 in. in length. 
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1869. P. Gerardidna. 1870. 
Cone 8 in. long, and nearly 5in. broad. Seed Zin. long, and 2 in. broad ; 
cylindrical, pointed at both ends, and of a dark brown; eatable, like those 
of the stone pine. Wings short. A middle-sized tree. Nepal, on the northern 
face of the Himalayas, at from 5,000 ft. to 10,000 ft. of elevation. Height 
30 ft. to 50ft. Introduced ? 1830. Apparently tender in British Gardens. 
