1022 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
ascertaining other particulars, it is considered 
best to keep it distinct. Judging from the 
appearance of the specimens sent home by 
Douglas, the tree must abound in resin. 
Among Douglas’s specimens, there is a va- 
riety with red cones, from which no plants 
have yet been raised. 
191d. P. (S.) monticola. 
c. Natives of Nepal and 
Mexico, 
2 54. P.(S.) exce’tsa Wallich. 
The lofty, or Bhotan, Pine. 
Identification. Wall. Pl. As. Rar., t. 
901. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. 
Synonymes. P. Dicksdnidi Hort. ; Chilla, 
or Chylla, Himalayas ; Kuel, Sirmone 
& Gurhwal ; Lemshing, Bhotea ; Rae- 
sula, or King of the Firs, Hindostan. 
Engravings. Wall. Pl, As. Rar., t. 201.5 
amb. Pin., 1. t. 33.; our jig. 1918, 
to our usual scale, and jigs. 1915, 1916, 
1917. of the nat. size, from Wallich, 
Lambert, and from living specimens. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in fives, 
very long, and slender, loose. 
Crest of the anthers roundish, 
truncate ; simple, lace- 
rated. Cones cylindri- 
cal, smooth, pendulous, 
longer than the leaves. 
i, (Wall.) Buds, on the 
(WW) tree in the Horticultu- 
\ij) ral Society’s Garden, 
iin. long and 3 in. 
broad ; conical, with 
straight sides, and 
. pointed. (Fig. 1915.) 
Leaves rather more than 
Gin. long. Cone Gin. long, 
and 2in. broad, with a foot- 
stalk lin. long; scale 13 in. 
long, and 12 in. broad. Seeds 
,in. long, and 2 in. broad ; 
with the wing, 14 in. long, 
and 2in. broad. A large tree. 
Nepal, on mountains. Height 
90 ft. to 120 ft. Introduced 
in 1823. It flowers in May, 
and ripens its cones in the- 
autumn of the second year. 
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