124 CONIFERS. Pinus. 



AVood light, soft, not strong, brittle ; bands of small summer cells broad, 

 very resinous, conspicuous ; resin passages numerous, prominent ; medullary 

 rays numerous, thin ; color light orange or yellow, the thick sap-wood 

 nearly white. 



375. Pinus pungens, Michx. f. 

 Table-mountain Pine. Hickory Pine. 



Alleghany Mountains, Pennsylvania to Tennessee. 



A tree 9 to 18 metres in height, with a trunk 0.G0 to 1.05 metres in 

 diameter ; most common and reaching its greatest development upon the 

 high mountains of East Tennessee, here often forming extensive forests. 



AYood light, soft, not strong, brittle, coarse-grained, compact ; bands of 

 small summer cells broad, resinous, conspicuous ; resin passages numerous, 

 large ; medullary rays numerous, prominent ; color light brown, the thick 

 sap-wood nearly white ; in Pennsylvania largely manufactured into 

 charcoal. 



376. Pirms muricata, D. Don. 

 Obispo Pine. Bishop's Pine. 



California. — Mendocino County south through the Coast Ranges to 

 San Luis Obispo Count} - . 



A tree 24 to 36 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.90 metre in 

 diameter, or more often not exceeding 1.3 metres in height ; cold peat-bogs 

 or barren, sandy gravel ; always in situations exposed to the winds and 

 fogs of the ocean, and not found above 2,000 feet elevation, reaching its 

 greatest development in Mendocino County ; rare and local. 



AVood light, very strong and hard, rather coarse-grained, compact : 

 bands of small summer cells broad, resinous ; resin passages few, not promi- 

 nent ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color light brown, the thick sap- 

 wood nearly white. 



377. Pinus mitis, Michx. 



Yellow J'ine. Short-leaved Pine. Spruce Pine. Bull Pine. 



Staten Island. New York, south to western Florida, through the Gulf 

 States to Tennessee and eastern Texas, and through Arkansas to the 

 Indian Territory, southeastern Kansas, southern Missouri and southern 

 Illinois. 



A tree 24 to 30 metres in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 1.35 metres in 

 diameter ; light, sandy soil or, less commonly, along the low borders of 

 swamps : forming, west of the Mississippi River, mixed with oaks and 

 other deciduous trees, extensive forests; the only species of northern 

 Arkansas, Ivmvis. and Missouri, and reaching its greatest development 

 in western Louisiana, southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. 



