PINUS 
EXCELSA. 
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Dr Griffith speaks of a species which he met with at 9500 feet in company with Abies morinda , which 
was very lik Pinus excels'a, but differed in having erehl leaves. (Griffith’s “ Itinerary Notes,” p. 149.) This 
Fig. 17. 
Fig. 18. 
Fig. 19. 
Fig. 20. 
Fig. 21 (closed). 
Fig. 22 (opened). 
Fig. 23. 
Anther of P. excelsa. 
Anther of P. Strobus. 
may have been P. Peuce or some other unknown Strobus. In Nepaul, too, Dr Wallich observed a variety 
which appeared to him to come closer to P. Strobus than the usual form. (Royle’s “ Illustrations.”) 
Information is to be desired about these forms. 
Geographical Distribution. —This species is found along the whole of the Himmalayan range, except 
in Sikkim ; also in Balti, Thibet, and in Affghanistan. In the following table we have brought together 
all the localities which we have found recorded of its occurrence, the greatest part of which we owe to 
Major Madden’s paper above quoted. We begin at the easternmost portion of the Himmalayas, follow¬ 
ing the range westwards; and noting not only the localities where it is found, but those in the line where 
it is absent, and where it might at first sight be expected to be met with. 
District, 
Locality. 
Position. 
Remarks and Authority. 
Abor 
None . 
None . 
All authors unite in giving Bhotan as 
the most easterly locality for this 
Pine. 
Hooker, “Flora Indica,” p. 177. 
Bhotan. 
On the range which separates the Mo- 
On the northern face of this range. 
J> .. 
1E Ir 1 m 
mas Valley from Assam 
Generally distributed . 
None . 
Common on southern aspects, forming 
large and beautiful woods, at from 
6000 to 10,000 feet next above Pinus 
longifolia and below Abies morinda 
None . 
Griffith, “Journals of Travels,” 211, 
237, 239, 264, 265, 287, 293. 
W. S. Webb. 
Hooker, “Flora Indica,” p. 181. 
Major Madden gives Dr Hooker as 
Eastern Nepaul 
None. 
None . 
Western Nepaul 
Gossainthan . 
The highest and largest mountain at 
his authority for saying that there 
are none in Eastern Nepaul; but we 
do not find this statement in the 
“ Flora Indica.” 
Dr Wallich. 
>> 
Sheopoor . 
this part of the range 
Major Madden, “ Journ. Hort. Soc.” 
J J 
Narainhetty . 
... 
Dr Francis Hamilton, “Account of Ne- 
>> 
Bunipa . 
paul,” and Buchanan. 
Probably introduced. Major Madden. 
North of Nepaul . 
Dr Hooker, “ Flora Indica.” 
Captain Strachey. 
Kumaon, East 
Byans . 
On the Upper Kalee, where Kumaon 
„ Central 
None . 
borders on the Nepaul province of 
Dotee 
None . 
Do. 
„ West 
None . 
None . 
Do. 
Gurhwal . 
Rikholee Goodree . 
A spur from Trisool. 
Native report, but not observed so far 
Kunol . 
Near Ramree . 
south-east by Europeans. 
Do. 
On the descent from Pilgwenta Pass to 
Below Abies morinda and Picea Pin- 
Major Madden and Lt. R. Strachey. 
J osheemuth, between Toongasee and 
Ning 
Mountains on south side of Uluknunda 
drow 
Do. 
n .. 
as far down as the Patal Gunga, be¬ 
hind Lungsee Ghat 
From Lungsee Ghat up the course of 
Dr Jamieson, Lt. R. Strachey, and Mr 
the Dhoulee 
Ascent of the Neetee Pass . 
Uppermost and only Pine there met 
Commissioner Batten. 
Do. 
with 
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