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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART J II. 



the timber is applied to no particular use; but its turpentine is preferred to 

 that of every other kind of pine for dressing wounds. Michaux could not 

 discover the slightest ditference, however, between this turpentine and 

 that of the pitch pine (P. rigida); and, indeed, he says that the resin of 

 all the pines is so analogous in properties, as often to be undistinguishable by 

 the taste and smell. In Britain, P. pi'mgens can only be considered as an 

 ornamental tree ; but, from the singularity of its cones, it well deserves a place 

 in every pinetum. Another inducement is the probability of its becoming 

 extinct in North America. Price of cones, in London, 3s. per quart ; plants 

 7*. 6d. each; and at Bollwyller, 3 francs each. 



_, § ii. Laricio. 



Sect. Char. Cones with the outer surface of the scales more or less ellip- 

 tical in shape, with a horizontal rib or line from each extremity, ter- 

 minating in a blunt slightly protruding point in the centre; generally 

 much shorter than the leave's. Buds large, ovate-acuminate, concave on 

 the sides, and terminating in an elongated point, like a camel-hair pencil. 

 The scales of the buds adpressed, incrusted with white resin. Leaves 

 twice the length of the cones; in no stage of their growth glaucous, 

 but of a darker green than those of any other section of either Euro- 

 pean or American pines; ren)aining on the tree four years. Natives of 

 Europe. 



J 7. P. Laui'cio Pv'ir. The Corsican, or Larch, Pine. 



Jdenlijication. I'oir. in Lam. Encyc, 5. p. Mi). ; I-am. et Dec. Fr. Fl., 3. p. 274. ; N. Du Ham., 5. 



p. '2,>!!. ; Lamb. I'in., ctl. 2., 1. t. 4. ; Don in Ncill's Hort. Tour, p. 552. : Lawson's Manual, p. 33ti.; 



Bon JaiU., cil 1H.J7, p. U74. ; Lodci. Cat., ed. 18^ ; Hayne Dcnd., p. 172. 

 Si/nonymcs. P. sylvt stria i maritima Ait. Ilort. Kew., iii. p.afiti. ; P. maritima, ed. 2., v. p..S15. 

 Engravinns. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 4. ; N. Du Ham., t 6y. and (>!). f. 2. ; onr Jig. 2084., to our usual 



scale, Ironi a specimen received from the Horticultural Society's Garden ; fi^s. 208i. to 20bJ., of the 



natural size ; and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



SjJcc. Char. Leaves lax, twice the length 



of the cones. Cones conical, often in 



pairs, sometimes, but rarely, in threes or 



in fours. iScales convex on the back, el- 

 liptic in their general form, 

 scarcely angular, and very 

 slightly pointed. Male flow- 

 ers almost sessile, elongated, 

 shaving the anthers terminated 

 by a small round crest. (iV. 

 Du Ilam., and obs.) Bud 

 (seefg. 2081.) from Jin. to 

 1 in. long; and from f in. to 

 A in. broad ; ovate, with a 

 long narrow point, and con- 

 cave at the sides, resembling 

 a camel-hair pencil. Scales 

 adpressed, and incrusted with 



white resin. The centre bud gene- 

 rally surrounded by three or inore small 



buds. Cones varying from 2 in. to Sin. 



or more in length; and from Jin. to 



Uin. in breadth. The points of the 



scales turned over like an under lip, 



and terminating in a point which has 



a very small prickle, often scarcely per- 

 ceptible The colour of the cone tawny, 



and the interior part of the scales purple. 



Leaves varying in length from 4 in. to 



(i in. and upwards; generally two in a 



sheath on the side branches, but occasionally three on the leading shoots. 



