LXXVII. CONI'FER^E: PI V NUS. 969 



The leaves resemble those of P. Larfcio ; but they are more slender, and 

 rather longer ; and both species differ essentially in their cones. Sprengel 

 has referred it to P. Pinaster, not even allowing it 

 the rank of a variety ; but, according to Lambert's 

 Monograph, the leaves in P. Pinaster are twice as 



stout, straight, and rigid, and disposed in interrupted verticels ; and the cones 

 are double the size, with the scales elevated and angular. The tree of P. 

 bruttia is said to attain a considerable size, and to yield timber of excellent 

 quality. (Lamb. Pin.) H. S. 



B. Natives of North Ameiica. 

 11. P. BANKS//*^ Lamb. Banks's, or the Labrador, Pine. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 3. ; N. Du Ham., 5. p. 234. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. 



p. 642. 

 Sijnonymes. P. sylvestris divaricata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 366. ; P. rupstris Michx. N. Amer. %/. 



3. p. 118. ; P. hudsonica Lam. Encyc. 5. p. 339. ; Scrub Pine, Grey Pine, Hudson's Bay Pine ; 



Ypres, Canada. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 3. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 136. ; our fig. 



1799. to our usual scale of 1 in. to 2 ft. ; andfig. 1798. of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves in pairs, divaricated, oblique. Cones 

 recurved, twisted. Crest of the anthers dilated. (Smith.) Bud 

 A in. long, iin. broad; cylindrical, blunt at the point, whitish, 

 and covered with resin in large particles ; central bud surrounded 

 by from three to five smaller buds, as shown in^. 1797. Leaves 

 (see fig, 1798.) from 1 in. to li in. in length, including the 

 sheath, "which is short, and has three or four rings. Cones from 

 H in. to 2 in. long. Leaves and cones retained on the tree 

 three or four years. Scales terminating in a roundish protuber- ^797 



