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imbricated with persistent scales, bearing at the apex, one a few naked 

 the'^the^*,^''. . ^"^ 'mther-ceUs under a somewhat shield-shapld apex, 

 Win^ln Z h?H^ °^«-. This in fruit becomes a nut-like blaoLh seed 

 resting m the bottom of a berry-like red cup 



^^' '^^^^.lIt;-\J;^^^^'i''^^''^\\°-' ".®"ly ^= ^ ^axus. stamens more scale- 

 shaped at top, each bearing 4 hanging anther-oeUs. Naked seed resembhng 

 a thin fleshed drupe or when dry a nut, with no cup around it, as large as I 



, o o »°?JcD?},,'^'i"'^ r' i^esembles also m the brain-like interior structure. 



13. bAUSBURIA. Leaves wedge-shaped and fan-shaped, deeply 2-cleft and the 

 lobes wavy-toothed and somewhat cleft at the broad truncate end, traversed 

 with straight simple or forking nerves or veins, like .a Fern. Flowers not 

 otten seen. Sterile catkins slender and loose. Seed drupe-like, and with a 

 ileshy short cup around its base. 

 PODOCARPUS, one or two species in choice conservatories, and two half 

 hardy m the Middle States as low shrubs, — the genus so called because 

 the fleshy seed is raised on a sort of stalk,— belongs here. The leaves are 

 sometimes much unlike those of other Coniferous trees, being large, hnear 

 lanceolate, or even ovate, and veinless, except the midrib. ■=■'=' ' 



1. PINUS, PINE. (The classical Latin name.) Flowers in late spring. 



§ 1. PiTCH-PiNES and their relatives, with leaves only 2 or 3 in the cluster, 

 scaly-sheathed at the base : wood resinous, 



# Cones lateral and persistent on the branch long after shedding the seed, the scales 

 thickened at me end, often tipped with a cusp or spine : leaves rigid. 

 *- Leaves 3 in the cluster. All natives, but the last Californian. 



P. aUBtr&lis, Long-leaved or Southern Yellow Pine. Lofty striking 

 tree, of pine-barrens from N. Car. S. ; with leaves 10' -15' long, very resin- 

 ous wood, and cones 6'- 10' long, the scales tipped with a reflexed short spine. 



P. tfeda. Loblolly or Old-field P. Smaller tree, in light soil, from 

 "Virginia S., with less resinous wood, dark green leaves 6'- 10' long, and solitary 

 cones 3' - 5' long, the scales tipped with a short straight or incurveid spine. 



P. rfgida. Northern Pitch P. Sandy or thin rocky soil, abounding 

 along the coast N. and in the upper country S. : a stout tree, with dark green 

 leaves 3' -5' long from short sheaths, clustered ovate-conical cones 2' -3' long, 

 the scales tipped with a recurved spine or prickle. 



P. serdtina, Pond P. Small tree in wet ground from N, Car. S. ; with 

 valueless wood, leaves 4' - 8' long, and mostly opposite round-ovate cones 2' - 3' 

 long, their scales tipped with a very small and weak prickle. 



P. ponderdsa (or BENiHAmiNA) ; planted from California, where it is a 

 characteristic tree, with heavy wood, deep green leaves 6'- 11' long, and clus- 

 tered cones about 3' long, reiiexed on a snort stalk. 



•I- -1- Leaves only 2 in the sheath, or a Jew of them sometimes in threes. 

 ++ Planted from Europe. 



P. sylv6stris, Scotch Pine (wrongly called also Scotch Fir), the com- 

 mon Pine of N. Europe : middle-sized tree, known by the bluish-white hue of 

 its flat leaves (2' -4' long), reddish bark on the trunk, and narrow tapering 

 cones, the scales with tubercle-like tips. 



P. Austrlaca, Austrian P., a probable variety of P. LARfcio, or Cok- 

 8ICAN P. of S. Eu. : a fast-growing massive tree, with very rough branches, 

 dark-green slender but rigid leaves 4' -6' long, and conical cones 2j'-3' long. 



*+ ++ Wild species of the country. 



P. ptlngens, Table-Mountain or Pricklt Pine. Along the Alle- 

 ghanies from Penn. to S. Car. : middle-sized tree ; with dark Bluish-green 

 leaves only about 2' long ; but the heavy and clustered cones fully 3' long, 

 ovate, and the scales armed with a very strong somewhat hooked spine. 



P. mltis, Yellow Pine of the North, Short-leaved Yellow Pine S. : 

 a middle-sized tree in sandy or dry soil, with firm fine-grained wood, slender 

 leaves (not rarely in threes) 3' -5' long, and mostly solitary ovate or oblong- 

 onical cones barely 2' long, the scales tipped with a minute weak prickle. 



