PINUS E X C E L S A.
I'lNUS STROnUS, Hamilton's Auoiml o/Ntpau/. p. «3 <1802).
PI.NUS CHYLLA, LMlg. Cat., p. 50 (1836).
PINUS EXCELSA(jr«/&i jt/.S'.S-.); Lambert, G^«!« ed.
p. 55 (1828); Walluh List. No, Ö059 (1828); Waliv.
J). 2285 (1838); I-'orbcs, Pmel. H'oiura., p. 75
v.p. 515 (1841)1 Spach,//«/. Nat. p.
/, p. 184 (1846); Endlicher, .S>«. Com/..\t. 145 (1847),
licli, Pla?U. Asial. Ranor., iii. p. 1 (1832); Loudon, Arbor/l
(1X39); Tna. p. loss (1S42); I.ink, in I.imi,
396 (1842) ;Anloii.e, Cam/.. p.42(i846)i HciITmcistcr, in
Knight, Syn. Cow/., p, 34 {1850); Lindky and Gordon, in 7o;<r7i, Ho
15 (1850); Madden .
layan Conifers, in yourn. Agric. and Hart. So<. of India, vii,
lUrt. S«.. V. p. 22X (1850),
i-avvson, AiiitiniF. p. 25 (1851); Carritre, Trail,- Cfn. rf«Comf., p. 300 (1855), Gordon, PiHUim.(1858), |)
68 (1862); |). 80 (180+);and
.SuppUmnt. p. ()rsted, Pi-il,m,is-Tr/^vifxlen : Da nil.. Hcnkell and H 0Chst=tCc.-r, Symfs. d
NadtUwl^r. p, 90 (1865),
PINUS PENnUL.\ and AiilES PICNDULA, Griffith, Joimiat of Travels (po«lturaously published), pp, 311, 237, 239.
264, 265, 287, 293 (1S47), and in younuil of Asiatic Society, pp. 217, 21S (1S39).
PINUS NEPALEXSIS, De Chambray, TmiU Prat. Arh. Hi's. Cnuf. p. j i j (1845),
d-j, — Umlierl if p. ä
•«(iv. fi!r„2l97-J:
, t 33, Wallich, r/ail. Asiat. Ranar. (toe. cil.). t, 2or ; I'orbei {.op. dt). t, 29 , Loudon, Ark
2 ; London, Hxcycl. uf Trees (he. cil.). figs, !9i5-i9iS ; Anloiiic, Comf. (ap. e/l.j, t, 20, fig i
Specific Chamber.—Y\a.\\% foliis (|uinis, carina!o-trigonis elongatis filiformibus, dorso sine stoniatibus
infra tribus qiiartis vcl (iLiinnue .seriebu.s; Strobilis elongutis subcylindraceis conicis penduiis, sc|uamarum
apophysi diinidiato pyrainidata obtusa convesiuscula adpressa, umbone terminali acuto.
Habitat in omnibus partibus Himmalaya; jugi, Sikkim excci)to, etiam in Baiti, in Thibet, ct in
Affghanistan.
.V lofty pynimii.lal tree, reacliing from -^o to i 50 feet in height. The term exceisa, however, according
to Major Mailden, does not apply to the stature of the tree, but to the elevaticjn at which it grows above
the sca, Dr Hoffmeister, supposing it to refer to the former, had said that it was " mo.st unworthy of its
name, for .specimens of more than 40 <ir 50 feet in height are great rarities;" but Major Madden remarks
that even on this head his condemnation is too general. " Large woods no doubt occur in which
many of the trees are about this height, but Don mentions yo to 1 20 feet as the stature ; and between the
•Shalool Pass and Panwee, as well as below Chansoo in Koonawur, there are magnificent forests containing
many trees certainly not under 150 feet," The habit of the tree is straight, its bark
greenish or greeni.-ih grey when young, leaden coloured when older; smooth when young,
more or less rtigged when old, Bninche.s vcrticillate, growing upwards except at the ends,
when they sometimes bend downwards ; when older the branches droop, whence it is called
in India the Weeping l-'ir. Its growth appears often as if too rapid for its strength. The
young branchlets are slender, and verticillate ; buds small, conico-cylindrical, and pointed
[fig, t]. Leaves in fives [fig, 2], glattcous green, about 6 inches long, slender, tufty, rather
ilaccid, dishevelled, and shabby-looking; trigonal, with the margins strongly serrated, without stomata on
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