CHAP. CXIII. 



coni'fer/e. i'l^NUS. 



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without wings, and having, probably from abortion, a very hard 

 shell, containing an eatable, oily, white kernel, agreeable to the 

 taste. Cotyledons 11 to 13 (see jig. 2189.). A native of Swit- 

 zerland and Siberia ; flowering in May, and ripening its cones in 

 the November of the following year. Introduced in 1746. 

 Varieties. 



1 P. C. 1 sibirica; P. Cembra Lodd. Cat., ed. 1837; Kedr, 

 Pall. ; Cedar of some authors ; the Siberian Stone Pine, 

 or Siberian Cedar, Hort. — The cones are said to be 

 longer, and the scales larger, than in the Swiss variety ; 

 the leaves are, also, rather shorter; and the plant is of 

 much slower growth in England. According to Pallas, 

 this is a lofty tree, and not found beyond the Lena. In 

 general appearance, it resembles P. sylve"stris, but is more 

 tufted, from the branches being thinner, and from the 

 number and length of the persistent leaves. Trunk 

 straight, often 120 ft. high, and 3 ft. in diameter near the b ase 

 in old trees, naked till near the top. Bark smoother, greyer, and 



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more resinous than in P. sylvestris. Branches commonly disposed 

 3 or 4 in a whorl, sometimes scattered, more slender and spreading 

 than in the Scotch pine; covered with a greyish ash-coloured 

 furrowed bark, marked by the cicatrices of the fallen leaves. Leaves 

 7 h 3 



