P. CXIII. 



CONTFERJE. PI NUS. 



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violet-coloured glaucous bloom of the shoots. (See p. 2195.) As P. mitis 

 has frequently three leaves, it may possibly belong to this section, but 

 its buds are scaly, and not resinous. 



1 16. P. TVoA L. The Frankincense, or Loblolly, Pine. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1419. ; Syst., cd. Reich., 4. p 173. ; Ait. Hort. Kcw., 3. p. 36& ; Michx. 

 N. Amer. Syl., ,'>. p. 15f>. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. 1. 15. ; Pursh Fl. Amor. Sept., 2 p. fi44. ; N. Du Ham., 5. 

 p. 245. ; Hayne Dond., p. 174. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 851. ; Bon Jard., 1837, p. 975. : Lodd. Cat., 

 ed. 183fi. 



Synonymcs. P. fT.liis tcrnis Gron. Virg., 152. ; P. virginiana tonuifblia tripilis Pink. Aim., 297. ; 

 White Pine, at Petersburg and Richmond, in Virginia ; Oldfield Pine, Amcr. ; Pin de 1'Encens, Fr. 



Engravings Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 15. ; N. Du Ham., t.75. t. 2. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl, t. 14:>. ; 

 our Jig. 2121., to our usual scale; and fiss. 2118. to 2120., of the natural size, from the Horticul- 

 tural Society, Dropmore, and Syon specimens. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves in threes, elongated. Cones often in pairs, shorter 

 than the leaves ; oblong, pyramidal, somewhat truncate at 

 the apex ; scales with sharp prickles, turned inwards. Crest 

 of the anthers rounded. (Lois.} Buds, on young trees (see 

 fig. 2118.), -|in. 

 long, and A in. 

 broad ; pointed, 

 with straight 

 sides; brownish 

 red, and more 

 covered with re- 

 sin than any 

 2118 other species, 

 except P.Banksz'ffwa. Buds 

 on the full-grown tree at Sy- 

 on, as in fig. 2120. Leaves 

 (see/g. 2119.) from 5^ in. 

 to 5|in. long, rigid, bluntly 

 pointed, channeled in the 

 middle, with sheaths from 

 I- in. to lin. long; brown, 

 and faintly ringed. Cones 

 3 A in. to 4in. long, and 

 from If in. to 2 in. broad ; 

 scales 1^ in. long. Seed 

 small; with the wing, l^in. 

 long. In the climate of 

 London, the tree flowers 

 in May, but in Carolina it 

 flowers in April. The 

 cones ripen in the Au- 

 gust of the second year. 

 Variety. 



* P. T. 2 alopecunndea 

 Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 ed. 2., v. p. 317., 

 the Fox-tail Frank- 

 incense Pine, is said 

 to have the leaves 

 spreading, and more 

 squarrose than the 

 species. There is 

 a plant of this name 

 in the Horticultu- 

 ral Society's Gar- 

 den, which, 8 years planted, is 10ft. high ; but it does not appear 

 different from the species. Pursh is ot opinion that this variety 



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