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exactly the same; but the larger cone has the smaller seeds. To us it ap- 

 pears that they are only varieties of one species ; but, if they are so, they are 

 as well worth keeping distinct as any species whatever. They may, indeed, 

 be described as of surpassing beauty ; and, what adds greatly to their value, 

 they appear to be quite hardy. 



1 25. P. AUSTRA^LIS Michx. The southern Pine. 



Identification. Michx. Arb , 1. p. 62:; N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 133. ; Penny Cyc., vol. 18. 



Synonymes. P. palustris Willd. Sp. PI. 4. p. 499., Pursh Sept. 2. p. 644., Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. 1. t. 24, 

 25. ; P. americana palustris, &c., Hurt. Angl. p. 88., Du Ham. Arb. 2. p. 126. ; P. serotina Hart., 

 see Bon. Jard. ed. 1837, p. 976. In America, Long-leaved Pine, Yellow Pine, Pitch Pine, and 

 Broom Pine, in the southern states ; Southern Pine and Red Pine, in the northern states ; and 

 Yellow Pine and Pitch Pine, in the middle states. In England and the West Indies, by the timber 

 merchants, Georgia Pitf h Pine. 



Engravings. Michx. Arb., 1. 1. G. ; N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 141. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2,, 1. 1. 24. 25. ; Pin. 

 \Vob., t. 22. ; our fig. 1845. to our usual scale, from Abbott ; and jigs. 1842. to 1844. of the natural 

 size, from Michaux and from 

 Dropmore specimens. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves 

 in threes, very long. 

 Male catkins long, cy- 

 lindrical, of a tawny 

 blue, divergent. Cones 

 very long, tessellated 

 with tumid tubercles, 

 terminated by very 

 small mucros. (Michx. ) 

 Buds, in the Drop- 

 more specimen (see 

 Jig. 1842.), rather 

 small in proportion to 

 the termination of the 

 shoot, and buried in 



1842. P. austrklis. 



When the 

 are removed, 



leaves. 

 leaves 



the bud is found to be 

 from | to f in. long, 

 and from -$ In'. to 

 Y^-in. broad, with nu- 

 merous, far-projecting, 

 white, fringed scales ; 

 general form conical, 

 and wholly without 

 resin. Leaves (see^g. 

 1843.) from 8 in. to 9 in. 

 in length. Sheath from 

 li in. to 2 in. long, 

 white, membranaceous, 

 and lacerated. The 

 cones, in Michaux's 



