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70°-80° in New Jersey and Maryland. P. Taeda, Loblollt P. Lvs. 

 in 3's, 6'-10' long. Cones 3'-5' long, solitary. Tree 80° high, clear 

 of branches to height of 50° ; head spreading. Va. to Florida. 



C. Fascicle with 2 lvs., rarely 3 ; cones as in last section (except in 

 P. resinosa). 



P. h-UUa, CalIbrian p. Lvs. in 2's, rarely 3's, 6'-9' long, 

 slender, wavy. Cones 2'-Z' long, ovate, in clusters of 20, or more, 

 around the stem. Handsome tree, 50°-60° high. Calabria. P. mUis, 

 SoFT-LKAVBD P. Lvs. in 2's, rarely 3's, 3'-5' long. Cones ovate, 2' 

 long, solitary. Tree 50°-60° high. Wood yellow, resinous. New 

 Eng. to Ga., west to Ky. and Tenn. P. Pinea, Stone P., Italian 

 P. Lvs. in 2's, 5''-8'' long. Cones ovate, S'-G' long, solitary, ripen- 

 ing the third year; sd. edible. See Lesson IX. Tree 80°-100° high; 

 60° clear of branches. Mediterranean States of Europe, Asia, coast of 

 Barbary. P. Pinaster, Star P. Lvs. in 2's, 8'-12'' long. Cones 

 slender, 4'-6' long, in starry whorls of 8-8, rarely solitary. Tree 40°- 

 60° high. Both shores of Mediten-anean, W.'to China. P. austriaca, 

 Black P. Lvs. in 2's, 2'-5' long, dark green. Cones conical, 2'-3' 

 long, horizontal, solitary. Tree 50° high. Wood resinous, valuable. 

 Austria. P. Laricio, CoRSiCAN P. Lvs. in 2's, 4''-8'' long. Cones 

 2'-4' long, conical, in pairs or clusters of 3 and 4. Tree 80°-100° 

 high; 140°-1.50° high in Corsica, its native habitat. Corsica, and 

 other parts of S. Eur. P. pungens. Prickly P. Lvs. in 2's, 2' long. 

 Cones 3' long, ovate, clustered ; scale with a strong hook. 'Tree 40°- 

 50° high. Sits., Penn. to S. Car. P. itiops. Scrub P. Lvs. in 2's, 

 2'-3' long. Cones ovate, 2'-3' long, solitary. Tree 30°-40° high, 

 straggling. New J., S. and W. P. Banksidna, Gray Scrub P. 

 Lvs. in 2's, 1' long. Cones curved, 2' long, gray, in pairs. Strag- 

 gling tree, 5°-20° high. Nova Scotia, Canada, Maine. P. sylvestris, 

 Scotch P. Lvs. 2'~i' long, twisted, light blue-green. Cones conical, 

 2'-3' long, ripening in 18 months. Tree 60°-100° high ; wood valu- 

 able. Native to most parts of Europe. Ovule and emb.. Fig. 47. P. 

 resinosa, Red P. Lvs. in 2's, 5''-6' long. Cones ovate, without 

 hooks, 2' long at the apex of the branch ; deciduous after shedding the 

 sds. Tree 50°-80° high. N. Eng. to Wisconsin. 



Tribe 4. Araucariaceae. — Fine trees ; wood valuable. Lvs. ever- 

 green, small, flat, often broad, imbricate or spirally arranged. Cones 

 large, terminal. Branches verticillate, spreading. Fls. ^c?*- !■ Arau- 

 caria imbricdia, lvs. small, ovate-lanceolate, imbricate. Cones glob- 

 ular, as large as a man's head. Female tree 150° high ; male tree 40° 

 high. Mts., Chili. A. excelsa. Female tree 170°-230° high, free 

 from branches to the height of 100°. Norfolk Island, New Caledonia. 

 2. Ddmmara austrdlis, Dammar or Kauri (Cowrie) Pine. Lvs. 

 alt. or opp., linear-oblong or elliptic, box-like. Cones large, turbinate, 

 stalked, erect. Female tree 150°-200° high ; producing a brittle resin 

 resembling copal. New Z. D. orientdlis, Amboyna Dammar. 

 Female tree 100° high ; yields the fine, transparent resin called Danv- 

 mar. Moluccas. Fossil conifers of Devonian closely related to Arau- 

 cari^cese. Aniber, the fossil gum of a conifer (Fig. 86), abounds in 

 North Prussia ; found in America at Amboy, New Jersey : Cape Sa- 

 ble, Maryland ; Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard. 



