74 WOOD AND FOREST. 



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Slash Pine. Cuban Pine. 

 Piiiu.s caribaea Morelet. Piniis hcieropJijjUa (Ell.) Sudworth. 



Pin-US, the classical Latin name: carihaca refers to the Caribbean Is- 

 lands; hcterophyUa refers to two kinds of leaves. 



Leaf. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 grows best in Alabama, 

 Mississippi, aucl Louisi- 

 ana. 



Cliaracteristics of the 

 Tree : lleight, sometimes 

 no', straight, tall, branch- 

 ing high; diameter l'-3'; 

 bark, dark red and brown, 

 shallow irregular fissures; 

 leaves, 2 or 3 in a sheath, 

 8"-l'?" long; cones, 4"-5" 

 long. 



Appearance of Wood ; 



Color, dark orange, sap- 

 wood lighter ; non-por- 

 ous : annual rings, plain, 

 sharp contrast between 

 spring wood and summer 

 wood; grain, straight; 

 rays numerous, rather 

 prominent; very resinous, 

 but ducts few. 



Physical Qualities : 



lleav3' (Tth in this list). 



