30' 



TAB. 10. 



PINUS MARITIMA 



MARITIME PINE. 



S 

 IS 



PiNus MARiTiMAj foliis gcminis teauissimis, strobilis ovato-conicis glaberrimis solitariis pedunculatis, 



w 



Habitat in Europoe AQStralis maritiniis. Floret Junio. 



Arbor 20-pedalis, ramosissiina. Folia biuncialiaj vel parilm longiora, angustissima, vagina brevissjm^. 



S^roAzY? solitariij pcduncalati, cenmi, ovati, superficic ;uquales, la^vissimi ac nitidi, Scminumzddiiiagntij 



securiformis, 



r 



The figure in the 10th Plate, representing the above species, was drawn from a specimen in the 

 Sherardian Herbarium, to which the following note is annexed: — 



V. maritlma foliis tenuissimis, conis albicantibus, brevibus, dcorsura reflexis, in superficie lEquulibus, MichcL 

 Pinastri alteruin genus parvunij in maritiniis, foliis capillainenti xaodo tenuissimis. C, Iso\ 

 P. maritinia, conis cinereis, planis. Phytopin, 



n ■ 



This tree, so far as I can judge from one growing at Sion House, the only one I have been able to find, 

 grows to the height of about twenty feet. The branches are very numerous, and bear long filiform leaves, 

 resembling those of P. halepcnsis, which are more closely connected towards the extremities of the 

 branches. The cones arc of nearly the same size as in P. rigida, but rather smaller. They are so remark- 

 ably smooth and glossy, that they at once distinguish this species. Those which appear on Sherard' 

 specimen hang downwards ; but those which I obtained at Sion House point upwards : one of the latter i 

 represented in the plate. In shedding their seeds, they seem to expand very little. 



The following curious particulars relating to the Pinus maritima arc extracted from Dr. Sibthorp's 

 Papers, and published in Walpole's interesting Memoirs ; — " Uevkoq, one of the most useful trees in 

 Greece ; it furnishes a resin QnTiyn), tar, and pitch (^riWcc), all of considerable importance for ceconomlcal 

 purposes. Throughout Attica the wine is preserved from becoming acid by the means of the resin which 

 is employed, in the proportion of an oke and half to twenty okes of wine. The tar and pitch for Ship- 

 building are taken from this tree and the uCzvg, the Pinus Pinea. The resinous parts of the wood of the 

 UwKog are cut into small pieces, and serve for candles, called Sxho^. The cones, kovvoi, are sometimes put into 

 the wine barrels. The bark is used in tanning hides. The wood is much employed by the carpenters in 

 building." 



Sir James Edward Smitii informs me, that several young plants of this species were raised in this 

 country in the year 1821. 



A 



EXPLANATION OF TABLE 10. 



A. Cones from the Sherardian Herbarium, 

 B.B. Scales of the same, with the seeds. 

 C Separate Seed. 



D. Leaves. 



E. Point of a Leaf. 



F. Cone from a tree in Sion Gardens. 



G. Cone collected i„ Greece by the Honourable William Fox Strangways, and added to tbe plate. 



V. 



