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7 ft. high. In its general appearance, it resembles P. Sabinidna; but it is 

 readily distinguished from that species by the upright character of its foliage. 

 Both species have the buds of the same 

 form and colour; the leaves of the same 

 beautiful glaucous hue in every stage of 

 their growth ; the young shoots covered 

 with a violet glaucous bloom, like those of 

 P. inops and P. mitis ; and both retain 

 their leaves till the summer of the third 

 year. The colour and form of the seeds in 

 the two kindsare exactly the same ; but the 

 larger cone has the smaller seeds. To us, it 

 appears that they are only varieties of one 

 species ; but, if they are so, they are as well 

 worth keeping distinct as any species what- 

 ever. They may, indeed, be described as of 

 surpassing beauty ; and, what adds greatly 

 to their value, they appear to be quite 

 hardy. 



1 22. P. longifo^lia Roxb. The long-leaved Indian Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 26, 27. ; Royle IUust. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 355. ; Bon Jard., 



ed. 1837, p. 97«S. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 26, 27. ; Royle Ulust., t. 85. f. 2. ; our fig. 2151., to our usual 



scale, and figs. 21i8. to 2150., of the natural size, from Royle and Lambert, and from Dropmore 



specimens. 



Spec. Char.) eye. Leaves in threes, very long and slender, pendulous; sheaths 

 long. Cones ovate-oblong. Scales elevated at the apex, very thick, re- 

 curved. (Lamb. Pin.) Buds, in the Dropmore specimens (see Jig. 2148.) r 

 from 1 in. to l£in. long, and nearly a in. broad; covered with 

 dry scales at the lower part, and abortive leaves ; swelling 

 towards the upper part, and concavely acuminate ; white, woolly, 

 and entirely without resin. Leaves (see Jig. 2150.) I ft. in 

 length ; sheaths £ in. long, white, chaffy, and lacerated. Cone 

 (see Jig. 2150.) from 5in. to 5^ in. long, and 2|in. to 2f in. 

 broad ; scale, according to Mr. Lambert's plate (see Jig. 2149.), 

 from liin.to 2 in. in length. Seed, without the wing, a in. long; 

 with the wing, If in. Cotyledons, according to Lawson, about 

 12. Native of Nepal, and requiring protection in England. 



Description, 8fc. A tree, growing, in Nepal, to the height of 

 1 00 ft. or upwards, with few, short, 



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and remotely verticillate 

 branches. The leaves are of a vivid 

 green, disposed in spiral rows round 

 the young wood; and they vary in 

 length from 9 in. to 18 in. ; they 

 are very slender, generally pendulous, 

 and channeled so as to appear trian- 

 gular in the section. They are ser- 

 rated on the margins, and imperfectly 

 scabrous throughout. Sheaths less 

 than 1 in. in length, delicate, and 

 lacerated at their margins. Male cat- 

 kins crowded round the base of the 

 young shoots, pointing upwards ; cy- 

 lindrical, and about 1 in. in length. 

 Young cones globose, with stalks, 

 and erect ; mature cones less than 

 one half the length of the leaves ; 

 oblong-ovate, and dark brown ; outer 



