ORD. I. CONIFER. 
PINUS BALSAMEA. BALM OF GILEAD FIR. 
SYNONYMA. Abies taxi fclio, odore balsami Gileadensis. Du Hamel, 
Arb. v. 1.3... Pinus balsamea. Willd. v. 4. p.504; Lin. Sp. Pl. 1421 ; 
Ait. Kew. Ed. 2. v. 5. p.319; Lambert. 48. t.31. Abies balsamifera. Mich. 
Boreal-Amer. v. 2. 207; Mich. Arb. For. v. 1. 145. .14. 
Class Monoecia. Ord. Monadelphia. Nat. Ord. Conifer. Linn. Juss. 
Gen. Char. Male flower in a catkin, naked. CalyxO. CorollaO. Stamens 
numerous, on a common stalk. 
Female flower in a catkin or cone of close, rigid, two-lipped, two-flowered 
scales; Seeds, two to each scale, winged. 
Sp. Char. Leaves solitary. flat, imperfectly two-ranked. Cones eylindsical, 
erect, with sharp seis scales. Crest of the anthers pointless. , 
THIS species of pine forms a very beautiful tree, rising to the height of 
about forty feet: the trunk, which measures from twelve to fifteen inches in - 
diameter, is straight, and covered with a smooth, whitish grey bark. The 
leaves are very fragrant, disposed on either side of the branches, like the 
teeth of a comb; they are solitary, flat, linear, short, not exceeding eight 
lines in length, and pointed ; of a bright green on their upper surface, paler 
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