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Timber, white, even-grained, but not very durable. 



It was named in compliment to the late Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



No. 45. Pi^us SEROTiNA, Michciux, the Fox-tail or Pond 



Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Ta^da alopccuroides, Alton, 

 „ „ rigida serotina, Loudon, 

 „ ,, alopccuroides, Hort. 



Leaves, in threes, but sometimes in fours, from six to eight 

 inches long, rather slender, sharp-pointed, and stiff, of a light, 

 bright green, very dense, and ribbed on the inner side ; sheaths, 

 persistent, three-quarters of an inch long on the young leaves, 

 smooth, jagged at the ends, and light-coloured, while those on 

 the older leaves are much shorter, shrivelled, and dark-brown. 

 Branches, numerous, rather irregular, and of a bright yellowish 

 brown colour, frequently producing tufts of leaves, and bundles 

 of small shoots from the main stem. Cones, ovate, with short 

 footstalks, pointing downwards, two inches and a half long, and 

 nearly two inches wide, mostly in opposite pairs, and ripening 

 in the autumn of the second year, but do not shed their seeds 

 before the third or fourth year ; and on which account it is 

 called serotina. Scales, rounded at their extremities, slightly 

 elevated, four-sided, three-eighths of an inch broad, with the 

 apex depressed, and terminating in a slender prickle, which 

 soon disappears. Seeds, very small, with a wing three-quarters 

 of an inch long. 



A middle-sized tree, growing from forty to fifty feet high, 

 and from fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter, on the edges 

 of swamps and ponds, in black, miry soil, in Pennsylvania, 

 Carolina, and New Jersey. 



Timber of little use except for fuel. 



No. 4&. Pinus SiNE>fsis, Lambert, the Chinese Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Kasiya, Royle. 

 „ „ Cavendishiana, Pax ton. 

 „ „ rubra, Siebold. 

 Leaves, in threes, but sometimes in twos, very slender, 



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