Pinus sinensis

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Pinus sinensis, Lamb. (P. leucos- perma, Maxim. P. funebris, Komar. P. Henryi, Mast. P. Wilsonii, Shaw. P. tabuliformis. Carr.). Tree, to 70 ft.: bark of trunk dark gray, fissured, red on the limbs: branchlets pale orange-yellow or pale grayish yellow, slightly bloomy while young: winter buds oblong, light brown, lustrous, slightly or not resinous: lvs. 2-3, of tener 2, stiff, glaucescent, with rough margins, 2—4 in. long: cones subsessile, ovoid, 1 1/2 -2 1/2 in. long, persistent for several years, pale yellow- brown ; apophysis rhombic, prominently keeled, with an obtuse or mucronate umbo; seeds brown, mottled or whitish, over 1/4 in. long, with the wing 3/4 in. long. Cent, and W. China. Var. densata, Shaw (P. densata, Mast. P. prominens, Mast.). Lvs. 3-5 in. long, stiff: cones ovoid, 2 - 2 1/2 in. long, oblique, with their posterior apophysis tumid and Prominent. Var. yunnanensis, shaw (P. yunnanensis, Franch.). Lvs. oftener 3, slender, 4-8 in. long: cones 2 1/2-3 1/2in. long; apophysis flat; umbo small; seed with wing nearly 1 in. long. S.W. China. G.C. III. 38:226. Group 10. Australes. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.