PINUS EXCBLSA.
BIIOTAN PINE.
Pi nus excelsa, foliis quinis prælongis tenuissimis laxis, antherarum cristâ subrotundâ simplici truncatâ lace-
ratâ, strobilis cylindraceis lævibus pendulis foliis longioribus.
Pinus excelsa. Wallich in literis,.
Habitat in Nepaliâ ad Narainhetty (Buchanan), in Bhotaniâ (W. S. Webb,) in Nepaliæ Alpibus. Wallich.
D E SC R I PTIO.
Arbor excelsa, formosa, pyramidata, ad 90 usque 120 pedes attingens. Rami nuraerosi, assurgentes, divisi,
in verticillis ad nodos dispositi. Cortex integerrimus, lævis, mollis, plumheo-cinereus. Lignum album,
turgidum resinâ terebintaceâ limpidA. Folia quina, prælonga, tenuissima, triquetra, laxa, glauco-viridia,
lenta, ä v. 7 pollices longa, angulis denticulis remotis exasperata, apice inucronulo calloso instructa, ad
ramulos undiqùe conferta atque versus apices ramulorum comoso-penicillata, supra bicanaliculata, sub-
tus plaua. Vaginoe \ix semiunciales, caducæ, squamis numerosis lineari-oblongis fulvis membranaceis
îmbncatæ. Amenta terminalia, basi squamis pluribus membranaceis fuscis suffulta; mascula ovata, bre-
via, obtusa, sessilia, densa, in capite glomerata, 3 lineas longa, 1 lineam crassa: staminibus monadelphis:
antheris brevissimis, subrotundis, bilocularibus, infernè rimâ longitudinali dehiscentibus, polline sulphureo
turgidis, apice auctis cristâ parvâ subrotundâ simplici membranaceâ rufo-fuscâ, margine fimbriato-lacerà;
fcemmea oblonga, cylindracea terna v. quaterna, erecta, pedunculata: squamis late rotundatis, introrsùm
imbricatis, coriaceis, crassis, marginatis, lævibus. Slrobiti 3 v. 4, cylmdracei, pedunculati, midi, Iævi-
gati, pollicares, ad maturitatem penduli, diametro 2-uuciali, versus apicem subattenuati: squamis latissi-
mis, cuneatis, coriaceis, crassis, appressè imbricatis, lævissimis, luteo-ftiscis, supemè mucrone brevi crasso
obtuso atrofusco apiculatis. Semina ovoidea, ancipiti-compressa: testa ossea, nigrescens, maculis cinereis
notata: ala oblonga, obtusa, membrauacea, ferruginea, subacinaciformis, reticulata.
This species approaches so near in habit and in the figure of its cones to Pinus Slrobus, that «ere r
not for the simple round membranous crest of the anthers, it would be almost impossible to distinguish their
limits as distinct species. The leaves of this species are considerably longer than those of the P. Slrobus,
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