PINUS PICEA. ORD. 1. Conifere. ? 
the terebinthina argentoratensis, or Strasburgh turpentine, to the 
Silver Fir Tree; yet, upon the authority of Murray, who follows 
Du Hamel and Haller, we have ascribed the terebinthina vulgaris 
to the: pine here figured, which pours out the turpentine so freely, 
that itis seldom necessary to make incisions through the bark for 
the purpose 
The medicinal uses of the different tutpentines will be considered 
under the Pinus Larix. 
PINUS LARIX. COMMON WHITE LARCH TREE. 
Terebinthina veneta. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. 
sien ae arene 
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SYNONYMA. Larix. Bauh. Pin. p. 493. Ger. emac. p. 1385. 
Park. Theat. p. 1533. Pinus felis faciculatis deciduis, conis 
ovato-oblongis, squamis ovatis subscabris margine laceris. Du 
Roy, Baumz. T. 2. p. 61. Larix folio deciduo, conifera. Du 
Hamel. Arb. 1. p. 332. t. 131. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 265. Hall. 
Hist. n. 1658. The Larch Tree, Hunter’s Evel. 179. 
Sp. Ch, P. foliis faciculatis mollibus. obtusiusculis, bracteis extra 
squamas strobilorum exstantibus. Hort. Kew. 
THE long slender’ pendent branches and whitish bark readily 
distinguish the Larch from the preceding species of pine: the leaves 
are deciduous, slender, soft, of a bright green colour, and placed in 
bundles: the cones are small, egg-shaped, covered with obtuse 
scales, from beneath which the bracteal leaves appear. 
It is a native of Switzerland and Germany, flowering in March 
and April, and cultivated in England since the year 1629. 
The terebinthina vencta, or more properly called larigna (as we 
