﻿PINUS BAHAMENSIS, Oriseb. 

 CoNiFERiE. Tribe Abietine.e. 



rotundatis facie canaliculatis carina prominente, 

 amentis masculis sessilibus dense glomeratis, strobilis ovato-oblongis 

 solitariis cernuis pedunculatis, squamarum apophysi rhomboideo 

 nmbone centrali conico hand pungente marginibus latis convexis 

 laevibus. 



Hab. Bahamas ; New Providence, Brace, 103, 302, 438 ; Eggers, 

 4172. 



Arbor 40-pedalis, trunco pedali diam. Foliorum fasciculi ad ramu- 

 los conferti ascendentes. Folia matura pedalia et ultra, \ lin. diam. 

 Amenta mascula 12-18 lin. longa. Strobili 3-3| poll, longi, 2 poll. 



Baron Eggers describes this Pine as forming dense woods in the 

 island of New Providence. Grisebach had the cones only, but the 

 leaves confirm his suggestion that it belongs to the section Tmda, to 

 which the Cuban P. cubensis, Griseb., also belongs. — J. G. Baker. 



