TAB. 14. 



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10. PINUS RESINOSA. 



PITCH PINE. 



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PiNUs RESINOSA, foliis geiTiinis, strobilis ovato-conicis sessilibus ternis; squamis medio dilatatis 



inermibus. 



P. resi7iosa, foliis geminis, conis ovato-conicis, basi rotiindatis, solitariis, folio dimidio brevioribus, 



squamis inermibus. Soland. MSS. Ait. Kew. v, 3. 36^. 

 P. Canadensis bifolia, conis mediis ovatis. Bichamel. Arb. v. 2. 125. 7i. 8. 



Habitat in America Septentrionali. 

 Floret Maio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor mediocris. Folia 4-5 nncialia, margine apiceque scabriuscula, subtus subcarinata. Vaginae fere 

 unciales, _ demum corrugata,. Amenta mascula Formosa, puipurascentia; antherarum crista conyexa 

 reniformis, dentato -laccra, antheris angustior : faiminea ovata, obtusa. StroUli bini vel terni patentes' 

 ovati, obtusi, tuberculosi, inermes, squamis medio dilatatis. ' ' 



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Wood 



„ „„, 11 ■ 1 IN ii,- • . — -^^"i, wiicic, as aiso at >^aen Wood im 



a small island), this species grows m a very flourishine- st-itc -Rnt tl, . . , . ^ 



i c- TT ,> ^ . ^ uiibiimg state, iiut the greatest number of these trees 



are at Sion-House, the seat of the Duke of Northumberlarir! ,» 1, .t ^ , 



were raised. Though P. ....o.« is rarely to be fold on; pT . ' -""" ^'^ '''-"^^°' 



to more general cultivation, being of a very e W le !^ '°"' ^'^ '' " '"'""'^ "^'''''''' 



resin, which is very abundant. From Ts e' rthTt""'' TI ^T ""'^ '" ^'^ ''''''^'"'' "' ''' 

 species cannot proluce valuable timber. It Z l e blrk T '''"' ' "^""^^^'^ ^'^^^ ^'^'^ 



situation, and a light, sandy soil. One of the ^::Z^^ ^^ TZ "^ ^'^ ' ^ ' ^ ' -'''' 

 length of the .agina. or sh'eaths of the leaves, which rescJibleT r T " ^^o^^no- 



are generally much longer. The .^or.cauL ^^:^ Z^l ^ f "^^ ''^''''''' '''' 



other Pines. The Cones are shorter than those of P v/ • T ' "^ " '^^'^er than in most 



..... are very blunt, and internally they exhibit their ^ClTe^wi ^"' '^^" "^ ^'^ 



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