182 PINUS ; OR 



It is found on Table Mountain in North Carolina, one of the 

 highest points of the Alleghanies, nearly 300 miles from the sea, 

 and which summit it covers exclusively. Pursh only found it on 

 the Grandfather and Table Mountains, and on the Blue Moun- 

 tains on the frontiers of V^irginia. *'• 



Timber of little value except for fuel. 



No. 18. PiNUS Pyrenaica, Lapeyronse, the Pyrenean Pine. 



Syn. Pinus penicillus, Lapeyr. 



„ „ Hispanica, Cook. 



,, „ Parolinianus, Webb. 



„ J, Salzmanni, Dunal. 



„ „ Monspeliensis, Salzmann. 



„ „ Pseudo-Halepensis, Denhardt. 



„ „ Halepensis Salzmanni, Dunal. 



„ „ „ major, Hort. Paris. 



„ „ Pinaster Hispanica, Roxas. 



„ „ Laricio Pyrenaica, Loudon. 



„ „ „ Monspeliensis, Vilmorin. 



„ „ Teazleyi, Hart. 



„ „ Frenzlei, Vilmorin. 



Leaves, in twos, rarely in threes, long, rather fine, stiff, 

 straight, and of a bright green colour, thickly set on the 

 branches, and six or seven inches long, channelled on the inner 

 sides, and sharp-pointed ; sheaths half an inch long on the 

 young leaves, smooth, entire at the margins, and dark brown, 

 but on the old ones very short, shrivelled, rough, jagged, and 

 nearly black. Branches, stout, of a bright orange colour, nu- 

 merous, regular, spreading in all directions round the stem, and 

 well furnished with laterals ; buds, conical, with a long, taper- 

 ing point, covered with downy scales, and full of resin. Cones, 

 two inches and a half long, one inch and a quarter wide, conical, 

 tapering a little to the base, on short, slender footstalks, mostly 

 solitary, and pointing horizontal. Seeds, rather small, with a 

 narrow, pointed wing, three-quarters of an inch long. Scales, 

 small, half an inch wide, rounded on the outer margin, slightly 



