286 pinus, or 



ponds, in black, miry soil, in Pennsylvania, Carolina, and New 

 Jersey. 



Timber of little use except for fuel. ' 



No. 52. Pinus Sinensis, Lambert, the Chinese Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Massoniana, Parlatore, not Siebold. 



Leaves in threes, but frequently in twos, very slender, spread- 

 ing, sharp-pointed, grass-green, five inches long, and angular on 

 the inner sides ; sheaths smooth, half an inch long, rather entire 

 at the ends, and of a brownish colour. Branches rather slender, 

 irregularly placed on the tree, and spreading ; buds blunt- 

 pointed, with numerous fine scales, and entirely destitute of 

 resin. Cones small, ovate, blunt-pointed, two inches long, and 

 one inch and a quarter broad, fou>' or five in a whorl, and on very 

 short foot-stalks. Scales rounded, fiat, slightly elevated by a 

 raised line across the middle, terminated in the centre by a 

 sunken scar, and with the scales much smaller towards the 

 base. Seeds rather small, with straight wings half an inch 

 long. 



A low, branching tree, growing 30 or 40 feet high, with a 

 drooping appearance, found on the hills all over China, and in 

 Japan. 



It is rather tender. 



No. 53. Pinus TLeda, Linnaus, the Torch, or Loblolly Pine. 



Syn. Pinus Virginiana tenuifolia, Plukenett. 



Leaves in threes, rather slender, and light-green, from five 

 to five inches and a half long, rigid, blunt-pointed, and chan- 

 nelled in the middle on the inner side ; sheaths one inch long, 

 nearly smooth, and whitish when young, but becoming much 

 shorter and browner when old. Branches spreading and dense ; 

 buds pointed and very full of resin. Cones mostly in pairs, 

 ovate-oblong, tapering to a blunt point, three and a half to 

 four inches long, and from one and three-quarters to two inches 



