Pinus Pinus, D. Don

3. P. radiata D. Don View in CoL , Trans. Linn. Soc. London (Bot.) 17: 442 (1836).

U p to 40 m; bark becoming thick, fissured, dark brown. Buds ovoid-cylindrical, resinous. Twigs glabrous, reddish-brown. Basal sheath of short shoots less than 15 mm. Leaves 100- 150 mm, in threes, slender, acute, densely crowded; resin-canals median. Cone 7-14 x 5-8 cm, ovoid-conical, very asymmetrical, sessile or shortly stalked, deflexed; apophyses on upper side of cone rounded; umbo with small caducous mucro. Seed c. 7 mm; wing c. 20 mm. Planted for timber or for shelter in W. Europe. [Az Br G a Hb Hs It Lu.] (S. California .)

P. rigida Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 10 (1768), from E. N orth America, a tree up to 25 m with numerous epicormic shoots, stiff leaves 70-140 mm, and cones 3-7 cm, has been planted in several countries on a small scale.