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ARIiOllKTUM ET FKUTICETUM 1JIMTANNICUM. 



ii. TernatfC. Leaves ft in a Sheath. 



A. Natives of North America. 

 1 18. P. TJED\ L. The* Frankincense, or Loblolly, Pine. 



Identification. Lin Sp. PI., 1419. ; Michx. N. Amor. Syl., 3. p. 155. ; Pursh Sept., 2. p. M\. 



fii/nom/wes. P. foliis ternis Gron Firg. 152. ; /'. rirglhutna tcMiiil'olia tripilis 1'lnk. Aim. -7 ; 

 ' White Pine,a< Petersburg and Richmond, in Virginia; Oldlicld 1'ino, Awn: ; I'in do I'Mm-ons, 

 Fr. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., f>cl. 2., 1. t. 15. ; Michx. N. Amcr. Syl., t. 143. ; the plate of this tn-r in 

 Arb. Brit., 1st edit, vol. viii. ; our Jig. 1819. to our usual srale; and Jigs. 181G. to 1H1H. of tho 

 natural size, from the Horticultural Society, Dropmore, and Syou si)ecimens. 



Spec. C/uir, $c. Leaves in threes, elongated. Cones often in pairs, shorter 

 than the leaves ; oblong, 

 pyramidal, somewhat trun- 

 cate at the apex ; scales 

 with sharp prickles, turned 

 inwards. Crest of the 

 anthers rounded. Buds, 



on young trees 



(see fiK. 1816.), 



inch long, and 



inch broad ; 



pointed, with 



straight sides ; 



brownish red, 



and more co- 

 vered with resin 



than any other 

 me. species, except 



7 J in. Banksz'aW. 

 Buds on the full-grown 

 tree at Syon as in Jig. 

 1818. Leaves (see fig. 

 1817.) from 5 in. to 5f in. 

 long, rigid, blunt'y pointed, 

 channeled in the middle, 

 with sheaths from | in. to 

 1 in. long ; brown, and 

 faintly ringed. Cones 3 in. 

 to 4 in. long, and from 

 lin. to 2in. broad; scales 

 l^in. long. Seed small; 

 with the wing, 1-^-in. long. 

 A large tree. Florida to 

 Virginia, in barren sandy 

 situations. Height 70ft. 

 to 80 ft. Introduced in 

 1713. In the climate of 

 London, the tree flowers 

 in May, but in Carolina it 

 flowers in April ; and the 

 cones ripen in the August 

 of the second year. 



1817. P. TWda. 



Variety. 



1 P. T. 2 akpecuroidca Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., v. p. 317. The Fox- 

 tail Frankincense Pine. Said to have the leaves spreading, and 

 more squarrose than the species. Pursh is of opinion that this 

 variety is nothing more than the I 3 , serotina of Michaux ; but Lam- 

 bert thinks it a variety of P. rfgida. 



