LXXVII. CONI'FERE: PI'Nus. 969 
The leaves resemble those of P. Larfcio; but they are more slender, and 
rather longer; and both species differ essentially in their cones. Sprengel 
has referred it to P. Pindster, not even allowing if 
the rank of a variety; but, according to Lambert's: 
Monograph, the leaves in P. Pinaster are twice as 
hit + 
1795. P. bristtia. 1796. 
stout, straight, and rigid, and disposed in interrupted verticels ; and the cones 
are double the size, with the scales elevated and angular. The tree of P. 
brattia is said to attain a considerable size, and to yield timber of excellent 
quality. (Lamb. Pin.) H. 8. 
B. Natives of North America. 
¥% 11. P. Bangsza‘na Lamb. Banks’s, or the Labrador, Pine. 
Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t.3.; N. Du Ham., 5. p. 234.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2, 
642 
Syronymes. P. sylvéstris divaricata Azt. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 366.; P. rupéstris Michx. N. Amer. Syl. 
3. p. 118. ; P. hudsénica Lam. Encyc. 5. p. 339.; Scrub Pine, Grey Pine, Hudson’s Bay Pine ; 
Ypres, Canada. 3 _ 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2.,1. t.3.; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 136. ; our fig. 
1799. to our usual scale of lin. to 2ft.; and fig, 1798. of the natural size. 
Spec. Char., $c. Leaves in pairs, divaricated, oblique. Cones g 
recurved, twisted. Crest of the anthers dilated. (Smith.) Bud 
Lin. long, }in. broad; cylindrical, blunt at the point, whitish, 
and covered with resin in large particles; central bud surrounded 
hy from three to five smaller buds, as shown in fig. 1797. Leaves 
(see jig, 1798.) from 1 in. to 1} in. in length, including the 
sheath, which is short, and has three or four rings. Cones from 
14 in. to 2in. long. Leaves and cones retained on the tree 
three or four years. Scales terminating in a roundish protuber- 
