1 64 Trees with Simple Leaves. [c i 



Leaf, needle-shape, about two and one half inches long ; 

 stiff; outer side smooth and rounded ; inner side 

 hollowed. 



Cones, about three and one half inches long, of a light 

 yellow color, stemless, often united in clusters of 

 fours. Scales, with a stout spine, widening at its 

 base, one sixth of an inch in length. 



Found, within narrower limits than any other American 

 Pine ; along the Alleghany Mountains from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Tennessee, especially upon Table Mountain 

 in North Carolina, one of the highest peaks of the 

 range. 



A tree ten to fifty feet high, with light and soft wood, 

 largely used for charcoal. 



Fig. 82. Red Pine, Norway Pine. P. resinbsa, Ait. P. rubra, 

 Michx, f. 



Leaves, SIMPLE ; INDETERMINATE in position because of 

 their closeness, but arranged along the branches in 

 two-leaved sheathed bunches. 



Leaf, needle-shape, five to eight inches long ; dark, dull, 

 green ; rounded and smooth on the outside ; on the 

 inside hollowed. 



Cones, about two to three inches long ; rounded at the 

 base ; sometimes crowded in large clusters. Scales, 

 not armed with points or knobs. 



Bark of the trunk, comparatively smooth and reddish, of 

 a clearer red than that of any other species in the 

 United States. 



