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It is found abundantly in barren, sandy situations, from 

 Florida to Virginia, in North Carolina, in large forests, some- 

 times 200 miles in extent, and in the vicinity of Charlston in 

 South Carolina. 



Timber of little use except for fuel. 



It is quite hardy. 



No. 48. PiNUS Teocote, Schiede, the Candle-wood Pine. 



Leaves, in threes, from three to five inches long, compressed, 

 erect, rigid, sharp-pointed, twisted at the base, light-green, 

 channelled on the inner side, and convex below ; sheaths, one 

 inch long, persistent, jagged at the margin, but much shorter 

 on the old leaves. Branches, rather stiff, and very leafy ; buds, 

 imbricated, and free from resin. Cones, ovate-oblong, tapering 

 to a point, smooth, drooping, two inches and a half long, and 

 one inch across, rounded at the base, and with rather a long 

 footstalk. Scales, half an inch across, irregularly four-sided, 

 slightly elevated, widened at the apex, and much depressed, 

 but without any spine or point in the centre. Seeds, very 

 small, with a wing rather more than half an inch long. 



A tall tree, growing 100 feet high, and three or four feet in 

 diameter, on the high lands of Mexico, particularly on the 

 sloping sides of the mountains of Orizaba and Real del Monte. 

 It is also plentiful on the mountains in the State of Oaxaca, at 

 an elevation of from 5,500 to 8,000 feet above the sea. 



It is the ' de'ocote ' or ' Pino de'ocote ' (candle wood) of the 

 Mexicans. 



Timber, durable and full of resin. 



It is tolerably hardy. 



No. 49. PiNus TUBERCULATA, D. Don, the Tuberculated Coned 



Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Californica, Hartweg. 



Leaves, in threes, thickly set on the branches, bright green, 

 rather stiff, broad, and flat, with an elevated rib running along 

 their middle on the inner side, four and a half to five inches in 



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