TAB. 11. 



7. PINUS HALEPENSIS. 



ALEPPO PINE. 



PiNUS HALEPENSIS, folils geminls tcnuissimis, strobilis ovato-oblongis reflexis laevibus solitariis pe- 



dunculatis. 



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V. halcpcns'is, foliis geminis, coiiis ovato-conicis, basl rotundatis, folio subbrevioribus: squamis obtusis. 



Ait.Kezu, v.S. 36j. 

 P. lialcpciisis, foliis gcmmis, filiformibus; strobilo ovato-oblongo, deorsum inflexo; squamis Isevibus 



obtusis. Desfont. FL Atlant. v. 2. 352, 



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P. hierosolymitana, priclongis et tenuissimis viridibus foliis. DiiJimnel Arb . v. 2. 126. n. 14. 



P. halepensis, foliis gemiiiis, tenuissimis; conis obtusis, ramis patulis. Mill. Diet. 71.8, Ic, 13Q, t, 208. 



Habitat in Europce Australis, & Asise, maritimis. 

 Floret Maio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor liumilis. Folia tenuissima, fere prseecdentis. Amenta mascula vix pediceliata; antherarum 

 crista reniformi, antheris latiori, dentato-repanda;ya?m^7^ca soiitaria, pedunculata, mox refiexa, globosa, 

 squamis deflexis. Strohili penduli, ovato-oblongi, tuberculosi nee Iseves, neque muricati. Semen 

 parvum, ala securiformi, magna. 



" Arbor 7— 10 metr. Trunci diameter in adultis vix 3 decimetr. 'Rami expansi. Folia gemina, 

 leevia, rigidula, fere filiformia, 8 centimetr. longa, Isctc viridantia, nee glauca ut in P. sylvestris Linn, 

 Strobilus deorsum inflexus, ovato-oblongus, subacutus, 3—3 centimetr. crassus, 5—8 longus. Squamce 

 l£eves, obtusee, apice duplo triplove latiores quam in P. sylvestris." Desfont. 



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The Fio-m^e was taken from a specimen in the Shcrardian Herbarium, which has the following 



inscription annexed to it. . , 



'' P. maritima, tuberculosis conis, spadiceis, lucidis. Fhytopin. 



P. maritima prima. Matth. Comm. 



Nomine seq. misit Micheh, P. maritima fohis tcnuissimis, conis lougis, angustis, nitidis." 



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This species in England is more like a shrub than a tree, and never grows to any great height in 

 its native country. It is often greatly injured by the cold of our winters, and sometimes killed by 



