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TAB. 31 



25. PINUS BALSAMEA 



BALM OF GILEAD FIR. 



A 



PiNus Balsamea, foIIIs solitariis planis subsecundis, strobilis cylindraceis erectis; bracteolis abbrc- 



viatls, antherarum crista mutica. 



P. Balsamea, foliis solitariis planis emarginatis subpectinatis supra suberectis^ squamis coui florentis 



acuminatis reflexis. 8oland. MSS. Ait. Keio. v. 3. 3^0. Willden. Berl. Baum.%. 218. 



r I 



P.. Bcilsamea, foliis solitariis, subemarginatis; subtus linea duplici punctata. L.inn. Sp, PI. 1421. Syst. 

 ed. Reich, v. 4. I'/O, Gron. Firg. 2. 152. Wangenh. Beyf. 40. 



P. foliis solitariis subemarginatis^ conis ovato-oblongis erectis, squamis subrotundis planis basi acu- 

 minatis. Du Iloi. Ilarhk. ed. Pott, v, 2. 144. 



P. Abies balsamea. Marsh. Arh. Am. \01, 



Abies balsamea, foliis subtus argenteis apice subemarginatis bifariam vcrsis. Mill. Did, n.3. 



A. taxi folio, fructu rotundiori obtuso. Hort. Angl, 2. 2. 



A. taxi folio, odore Balsami Giliadensis. Bu Bamel. Arh. v. 1. 3. 7i. 3. 



A. minor pectinatis foliis, virginiana, conis parvis subrotundis. Pluh Aim. 2.l.l2l.f.l 



Die Balsaintamie. Linn. Pjl. Syst. v, 2. ^Q^. 



Habitat in Virginia, Canada. 

 Floret Maio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



onna ter6 pra^cedeutis, at folia paululum angustiora, minusque glauca. . ^naiia oyata: mascida 



semmncialia, pedunculata; antherarum crista reniformis, apice mutica, yel brevlssimc mucronulata 



nequaquam bicornls: /a.mz;zm sesquiuncialla, bracteolis ellipticis, crenulatis, mucronulatis. Strobil, 



ovato.cyhndracei, violacei, resinosi, fragiles, magnitudine prioris, bracteolis persistentibus yix 



squamas excedentibus. 



L 



P. Balsamea has its natural abode in the northpm r^-rc^^A. r a • , 



r A .^ ' .1 . J northern provmces of America, but chiefly in Nova Scotia 



Canada, the more northern parts of New York Prnvnnr^^ i at t- i . ^ x^uvd, ocoua, 



..Ll...^^...... :.,^„... ^ «^^^ -f ^ov mce, and New England. It stands mostly on the 



colder side of the mountains, in hcayy grounds mixed with .1 , ^'^^7^^"' ''' '^'""^^ ^^^«^^^)^ «^^ ^'^^ 



V .■ • r 1 , -,.. ^ ^^^^ ^^^y ^^""^ sand, yet dry and DOor In thesp 



situations we are uiformed by Wanirenheim \\ o-rowc +^ • j i , , "^ ^ 



r.. . .. .■ .\. ^^"'^'^S^ows to a considerable heiffht and sh-PT.n-tL i;v. P p;™ 



and strength, like P. Picea. 



Therefore if some trials of this species in England haye failed h "^ i ^''"^ ^ 



too great warmth of the spot, or the richness of th soH I ha T'^'^^f ^'''J ^^'' ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 

 planted much better than many others of the tribe. L ll J^^^^^^^^ r1 " ''''' ^^"^^ "^^^^■ 

 texture pretty smooth. Between it and the wood '^'^^f^^Y ^^ ^^''^' ^'"^ ^^^^^^'^ '"^"^ ^^^ 



^'';^'°^ '^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^'l^i-^^ contain a resin, like turpentine,. 



