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are round, compressed in the middle, and stored with a great 

 number of small winged seeds. 



The wood of this tree is soft, and unfit for use in the arts ; but 

 its inner bark is extremely bitter, and appears to partake of the 

 febrifuge virtues of the Cinchona, for the inhabitants of the 

 southern parts of Georgia employ it successfully in the intermitting 

 fevers, which, during the latter part of summer and the autumn, 

 prevail in the Southern States. A handful of the bark is boiled 

 in a quart of water till the liquid is reduced one half and the 

 infusion is administered to the patient. From the properties of 

 the bark the Pinckneya has taken the name of Georgia Bark. 

 This tree so nearly resembles that which produces the Peruvian 

 vegetable, that some botanists have included them in the same 



genus. 



PINUS. 



Moncecia Monadelphia. Linn. Coniferae. Juss. Expectorant, sccernant, 



stimulant. 



Long-Leaved Pine. Pinus austrcdis. 



Fig. 1. A leaf. 



PLATE LX1IL 



Fig. 2. A cone. Fig. 3. 



A seed. 



This invaluable tree is 

 known both in the countries 

 which produce it, and in 

 those to which it is exported, 

 by different names : in the 

 first it is called Long-Leaved 

 Pine, Yellow Pine, Pitch 

 Pine and Broom Pine ; in 

 the Northern States, South- 

 ern Pine and Red Pine; 

 and in England and the 

 West Indies, Georgia Pitch 

 Pine. We have preferred 

 the first denomination, be- 

 cause this species has longer 

 leaves than any other east- 

 ward of the Mississippi, and 



