chap. CXI1I.

coni'fhh^e. pi'nus. 2289

destitute of branches about two thirds of its height. The bark is uncommonlysmooth for such large timber, of a light brown colour on the south, andbleached on the north, side. The branches are pendulous, and form an openPyramidal head, with that appearance which is peculiar to the J'bies tribe. Theleaves are between 4 in. and 5 in. long, and grow in fives, with short deciduoussheaths, like those of V. Strobes : they are rigid, of a bright green colour, butnot glossy, and, from minute denticulations of the margin, are scabrous to thetouch. The cones are pendulous from the extremities of the branches : they

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