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The Pines. 



species in this section are Pinus strohus, P. monticola, P. Lambertiana, 

 P. jkxiLis, and P. deflexa. 



1301. In the section Pinaster, the scales are thickened at the apex, 

 and often bear a point or hook. They embrace by far the greater 

 number of species, which may be enumerated as follows — the num- 

 ber of leaves in a group being prefixed to each : 



able of all the native pines of the Atlantic States, and the one that 



