257 PINUS SYLYESTRIS 



Germany, and recommended for external use in rheumatism, 

 neuralgia, &c. Paper of good quality is now also manufactured 

 from the wood of this and some other species of Pinus and Abies. 



Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii, pt. 1, p. 321 ; Pharmacographia, pp. 560 

 and 564; Steph. & Church., Med. Bot., by Burnett, vol. ii, pi. 

 73; U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 679; Garr., Mat. Med., p. 368; 

 Tuson's Yeterinary Pbarmacopoeia, p. 199; Bentl., Man. Bot., 

 p. 645 ; Watts, Diet. Chem., vol. v, p. 669. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. 



Drawn from a specimen in the Royal Gardens, Kew. 



1. A branch with male and female flowers, and an immature and ripe f mil. 



2. A female cone. 



3. Vertical section of the same. 



4. Under, and 5. Upper surface of a carpellary scale. 



6. A male catkin. 



7. A stamen seen from below and from the side. 



8. A scale of ripe fruit showing the two seeds in situ. 



9. Lower surface of the same. 

 10. Section of seed. 



(2-7 and 10 enlarged.) 



