《徐霞客游记·滇游日记十八》
山中的巨松都是五蠢松，树干高耸于空中，而这古龙鳞松很不高大，只以曲折缠绕见奇，树干粗一丈五以上，于是朝四面生出横枝，枝和干一样粗，枝头又倒垂斜倾，尾大不掉，主干几乎被分裂。
山间巨松皆五鬣，耸干参天，而老龙鳞颇无大者，遂以纠拿见奇。干丈五以上，辄四面横枝而出，枝大侔于干，其端又倒垂斜攫ｊｕé像爪抓取，尾大不掉，干几分裂。
The giant pines in the mountains are all five-needle pines with towering trunks. This dragon scale pine is very short and has an odd twisted and winding shape. Its trunk is more than five feet thick, and its branches grow out in all directions. The branches are as thick as the trunk, and the ends of the branches hang down and slant, with large ends and no tails, and the main trunk is almost split.