TAB. 6, 7,&8. 



5. PIN US PINEA. 



THE STONE PINE 



PiNus PiNEA, foliis gcminis, strobilis ovatis maximis, seminum alis abbreviatissimis, antheraram crista 



dentato-lacera. 



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P. Tinea, foliis geminis, primordialibus ciliatis, conis ovatis, obtusis, subincrmibus, folio longioribus, 

 nucibus duris. Soland. MSS. Jit. Kew. v. 3. 368. Wilden. Berlin. Bainnz. 20g, 



P. Tinea, foliis gcminis : primordialibus solitariis ciliatis. Linn. Sp. TL 141Q. Sy^t. ed. Reich, v. A. 1/3. 

 Eort. Cliff. 450. n. 2. Hort. Up4. 288. Mat. Med. n. 4fl. Gouan. HorL 494. Mill. Diet. n. 2. 

 Scop. Cam. n, II97. Uegn. Bot. Evel. Sylv. ed. Hinder. 266. foL Villar^. Baitph. v. 3. 800. 



Allion. Ted. v. 2. 177. Fitm. Sp. TL v. 6. 344. 

 P. Tinea, foliis gemiiiis, conis pyramidatis, splendcntibus, squamis oblongis, obtusis; nucibus ovatis, 



ala membranacea destitutis. Du Roi. Harh. ed, Tott. 2. 52. 

 P. sativa. Ba2ch. Tin. 491. Blackw. t. 180. DuhameL Arh. v. 2. 125. 7i. 1. t. 27. 



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P. ossiculis duris, foliis longis. Bauli. HiM. v, \. p. 2. 248. 

 P. domestica. MattJi. Com. 8/. Tahern. Ic. 936. 

 Zinbellaum. Li?i7i. Tjlan%en Sy^t. 2. 351. 

 Le Pin. Regnault. Bot. Ic. '■,'■-'" 



Habitat in Europa Australi, Africa Septcntrionali. 



Floret Maio. 



Distinguitur foliis longis, geminis; strobilo ovato, obtuso, maximo; squamis crassis, apice latls, 



obtusis ; nuce oblongo, magno, tereti. De^Jbnt. Fl. Atlajit. v. 2. 352, 



DESCRIPTIO. 



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Habitus P. Pinastri, sed folia parum minora, vaginis brevioribus. Amenta madcula vix j^edicellata, 

 antherarum crista reniformi, subbiloba, dentato-lacera: fmminea globosa, erecta, squamis deflexis, 

 supra carinatis. Bractece integrse. Strohili solitarii vel oppositi, patentes, subsessiles, ovati, obtusi, 

 maximi, crassi, tuberculosi nee muricati. Semina omnium in hoc genere maxima, ossea, obovata, 



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ala brevissima, retusa. ' 



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T. Tinea grows to a considerable height, and is generally pretty straight. The leaves are about ^n^ 

 or six inches long, thick, of a fine green colour, inserted in pairs in a common sheath ; they are rounded 

 on one side, but that on which they touch each other is flat. The Male Flowers are in large red 

 bunches, and those of both sexes sometimes appear at the extremity of the same branch. The cone4 

 are very large, nearly ovate, and often four Inches and a half in length. They consist of very hard 4cale4, 



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