TAB. 4&5. 



4. PINUS PINASTER. 



THE PINASTER, OR CLUSTER PINE. 



PiNUs PiNASTER; folus gemiiiis elongatis, strobilis vcrtlcillatis confertis ovatis sessilibus pendulis, 



antlierarum crista rotundata. 



P. FbiaMer, foliis geminis, margine siibaspcris, conis oblongo-conicis, folio brevioiibus, basi attenuatis, 



squamis echinatis. Soland. MSS., Ait. Kew. v. 3. 36^1.. 

 P. sylvestris 7. Linn. SyM, 'Reich, v. A. 1^2. 

 P. maritima altera. Buhamel.Arh. v, 2. 125. 7i.4. t. 2Q. BuRoi, Harl, ed. FoU, v. 2. 5o. 



Habitat in Europse australis maritimis. 

 Floret JViaio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor exeelsa, ramis patentibus, subfastigiatis. Folia quadriuncialia; recta, canaliculata; pungentia, 

 lasvia; vaginis fere uncialibus. A?ne?ita 77ia^C2ila pedicellata, elliptlco-oblonga; antheris subpedi- 

 cellatis, crista rotundata, indivisa, dentato-lacera, latitudine antherarum. Bractece omnes setaceo- 

 dentatsc. Strohili verticillati, nnmerosi, sessiles, demiim penduli, ovati; recti, magni, 5-f unciales, 

 squamis submuricatis. Semhia parya, ala elongata, retusa. 



F. FiiiaMer is frequent In English plantations, and grows to a great height and size, being very 

 shewy, and bearing large shining cones, it is extremely ornamental, except In its more advanced age, 

 when the branches become naked and very unsightly. The wood is soft, and therefore not so valuable 

 as that of many other trees of this genus. On the mountains of Switzerland the native forests are 

 seldom suffered to stand; being usually either cut Into shingle for covering the roofs of houses, or 

 employed for the extraction of pitch. In the south of France the young trees are made Into stakes for 

 supporting the vines. The hranche4 grow at a wider distance from one another than those of P. dyl- 

 vedtrt4 and more horizontally. The leaver are much larger, thicker, and longer, and have a broad 

 surface, with a furrow running longitudinally. The cones are five or six inches long, and grow in very 

 large clasters. Mr. Tucker, of Devonshire, I have been informed, has a tree that once bore as many 

 as eighty in one bunch. The seeds are oblong, a little flattened at the sides, and have narrow wings. 

 The largest trees of this species that I have seen are growing at Pain's Hill. The first Finiu Finaster 

 planted in England, was in Bishop Compton's garden at Fulham, and is still growing there in a healthy 

 state. . 



