TAB. 29. 



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PINUS ORIENTALIS. 



ORIENTAL PINE. 







PiNus ORIENTALIS, foliis solitariis tetragonls, strobllis ovato-cyliiidraceis: squamis rhombeis. 



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P. orientalis. Lmi. Sp. PL 1421. Sysf. ed. Reich, v. 4. l^^S. Vitm. Sp. PL v. 5. 340. 



Abies orientalis, folio brevi et tetragono, fmctu minimo deorsum inflexo. Toicrnef.Cor.Al. BuhameL 

 Arh. V. \, A. n. \0. 



\L7Jrr, Grsecoruin reccutiorum. Tournef, 



Die Morgenlaiidische Taime. Linn. PJl. Syst. v. 2. 3/0. 



Habitat in Oriente. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Folia brevia, recta; mutica. Strohili biunciales, ovato-cylindracei, penduli, squamis cuueato-rhombeis, 



integns. 



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I INSERT this species on the authority of Tournefort only, who states, see Voy. du Levant, torn. 2. 238, 

 that he found it growing in the vicinity of Trebisonde, where it is known by the name of ea^t.;. Its 

 trunk and branches, he says, are about the size of P. Yicea. The leaves are but four or five hnes in 

 • length, and not more than half a line in breadth, their colour a shining greenish brown; the cones are 

 described as being neariy cylindrical, about two inches and a half in length, and eight or nine lines in 

 diameter, pointed, and composed of soft, thin, rounded scales which cover very minute and oily seeds. 



I have never seen a specimen of P. orientalis either recent or dried, but am inclined to think that 

 some cones brought from China belong to this species. These cones I have figured; and having been 

 fortunate enough to obtain a copy of the drawing of P. orimtaUs made by Aubriet under the eye of 

 Tournefort himself, and which is now in the possession of M. de Jussieu, I am enabled to shew exactly 

 what that celebrated traveller described. The copy was made by M. Marechal, painter to the n.useum 

 at Paris, whose talents are well known; and it was obligingly communicated to me by that emurent 

 naturalist M. Latrcille. 



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EXPLANATION OF TAB. 29 



Figure of P. orientalis from the original drawing of Aubriet. ^ 



b, b. Cones from China, supposed the same species. 



Scales. 

 Seeds. 



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