244 fINUS, OR 



on the larger ones, but much smaller and more numerous near 

 the base, slightly elevated in the centre, and terminating in an 

 irregular, four-sided, projecting, hooked point, slightly bent 

 backwards in some, in others straight. Seeds very small, vdth 

 broadish wings, rather more than half an inch in length. 

 Seed-leaves mostly in sixes, and rather long. 



A beautiful tree, growing fifty or sixty feet high, and from 

 fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter, for nearly two-thirds of 

 its length. 



It is found in most Pine forests from New England to Georgia, 

 but towards the north it does not extend beyond Connecticut 

 and Massachusetts ; is abundant in the lower parts of New 

 Jersey, and still more so on the eastern shore of Maryland, 

 in the lower parts of Virginia, and as far as Carolina, also in 

 the Floridas, on the poorest lands, and on the Cumberland 

 Mountains in East Tennessee. 



Timber close-grained, moderately resinous, excellent, and 

 durable. 



No. 14. PiNUS MuGHO, Bauhin, the Mugho Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus uncinata, Raymond. 

 „ „ sylvestris Mugho, Bauhin. 



,; „ Mughus, Loudon. 



Leaves two in a sheath, from one to two inches long, twisted, 

 rather broad, stiff, not spreading, and of a dull green colour. 

 Cones one and a half to two inches long, ovate and stalkless, 

 growing two or three together, rather erect, with hooked scales, 

 more fully developed on the outer side, and full of resinous 

 matter. Branches ascending and numerous, thickly covered 

 with foliage, and with a brownish gray bark. Wood heavy, 

 close-grained, red, and very durable, and in favourable 

 situations a small tree thirty feet high. 



It is found on the mountains extending from the Pyrenees 

 eastward, and the Alps of South-Western and Central Europe, 

 and has the following varieties : — 



