Se : 67 CONIFERS, 
Leaves in pairs, adpressed, short, dark green ; cones short, ovate, obtuse, 
erect; a trailing bush. 
Habitat. Alps of Europe. 
Quality. Asin No. 1. 
Uses, Yields Hungarian Balsam. : 
_P. Pinaster Aiton.—(Ciuster Prye.) : : 
Leaves in pairs, dark green, long, stiff, and straight ; cones oblong, conical, 
whorled, pendulous, with prickly scales. 
Habitat, South of Europe. 
Quality. Asin No. 1. : 
_ Uses, Yields Bourdeaux turpentine. Wood of bad quality. 
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Asres. Tournefort. 
Flowers monecious. Cones woody, with numerous 2-seeded scales, having aes 
a flat rounded apex. Leaves single, or, if clustered, indefinite sae 
number. : 
|. A. excelsa Lindley.—(Common SPRUCE.) — ‘th the 
Leaves 4-cornered, distichous ; cones cylindrical, long, pendulous, with the 
_ end rounded and uneven. 
Habitat, North of Europe. 
y. Asin Pinus No. 1. ; Leaf 
Uses, ‘Yields frankincense and Burgundy pitch ; also white Norway deal. = 
: Mm scurvy, rheumatism, gout. 
(2. A, Larix Lamarck.—(The Lanon.) Fig. 104. : 
eaves deciduous, clustered ; cones short, ovate-oblong, loose, sf0ch with 
_ uneven-edged scales. eae 
Habitat, Alps of Euro 
Quality. As in Pinus No. 1, 
Uses. “Yields Venice turpentine, Larch manna, 
_ Oxenburgh gum. Bark abounds in tannin, 
8. A. nigra Lindley —(Buack Spruce.) 
eaves 4-cornered, straight, erect, dark 
glaucous green ; cones short, ovate- 
oblong, pendulous, with scales uneven 
at the edge. 
Habitat. North America. 
ahty. Diuretic, antiscorbutic. 
“es. Yields essence of spruce; the basis of 
Spruce-beer, 
4, os Balsamea Marshall. — (BaLM OF 
_ Giteap Fir.) i itish 
Leaves flat, somewhat pectinate in arrangement, ee Ms 
_ Peneath; cones cylindrical, erect, with acuminate reflexed scales. 
abitat. North America. 
_ ¥. Asin Pinus No. 1. 
“6. Yields Canada Balsam. ee 
» A. Picea Lindley. A. pectinata DC.—(Stver Fm.) * 
Fig. 104.—Cluster hy as of Abies Larix. ee ee = 
