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Pinus excelsa, Wall. (P. nepalensis, Chambr.). Attains 150 ft., with spreading and slightly ascending branches forming a broad open pyramid: branchlets greenish, glabrous, glaucous: winter buds cylindric- pbovate, acute: lvs. slender, flaccid, drooping, grayish or bluish green, 6-8 in. long: cones cylindric on l-2-in.-long stalks, 6-10 in. long; seeds brown, 4 lines long. Himalayas. Gn. 31, p. 195. A.G. 19:149. F.E. 13:664
(pl. 8); 33:113. Gn.M. 6:290. M.D.G. 1903:185. —Handsome tree, of somewhat loose habit, with graceful pendulous foliage, hardy as far north as Mass, in sheltered positions. Var. zebrina, Bailly (var. variegata.Hort.), has the lvs. with a whitish zone near the tip. F.E. 31:191. R.H. 1889, p. 392.
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''Pinus excelsa'' is a name no longer in use.
''Pinus excelsa'' is a name no longer in use.
