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very small, with narrow wings, rather more than half an inch 

 long. Seed-leaves from six to eight in number. 



A low tree, with a spreading top, thirty to forty feet high, 

 with a dark-coloured bark, full of resinous matter. 



It inhabits the interior of North America, and is found from 

 New Jersey to Carolina, where the soil is poor and sandy ; it 

 is also found in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsyl- 

 vania, but not north of the Hudson River. 



Timber of little use except for fuel. 



No. 10. Pinus Laricio, Poiret, the Corsican Pine. 



Svn. Pinus altissima, Banks. 



pyramidalis, Hort. 



maritima, Alton not Lambert. 



Poiretiana, Hort. 



Corsicana, Hort. 



Cebenensis, Hort. 

 Leaves two in a sheath, from four to six inches long, dark 

 green, often twisted, and rather slender for its class, and with 

 short sheaths. Cones solitary, or in pairs, seldom more than 

 three or four inches long, and an inch and a half broad near the 

 base, conical, straight, or sometimes slightly curved near the 

 points. Scales convex on the back, elliptic in their general 

 form, scarcely angular, very slightly elevated, and of a light, 

 yellowish-brown colour. Buds ovate, with a long, narrow point 

 and resinous. Seed-leaves from six to eight in number. 



A lofty tree, with its branches regularly in very distant 

 whorls, from 80 to 130 feet high, very common on Mount Etna, 

 where it forms woods at an elevation of from 4000 to 6000 

 feet. It also forms forest, according to Professor Tenore, on 

 the mountains of Sila, in Calabria, but it was first discovered in 

 Corsica, and has since been found spread over the countries of 

 the south of Europe, in Greece, Crete, and Spain. 



It forms a handsome, open, pyramidal-shaped tree, growing 

 very rapidly, and coming to maturity in 70 or 80 years after 

 planting; the wood is whitish, but brown near the centre, very 



