| − | 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,
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| − | 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
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