CHAP. CXI II. 



CONI FER/E. PI NUS. 



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violet-coloured glaucous bloom of the shoots. (See p. 2195.) As P. nutis 

 has frequently three leaves, it may possibly belong to this section, but 

 its buds are scaly, and not resinous. 



i 16. P. Tm s t>\ L. The Frankincense, or Loblolly, Pine. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1419. ; Syst., ed. Reich., 4. p 173. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 368. ; Michx. 

 N. Amer. Syl., 8. p. 155. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. 1. 15. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2 p. 644. ; N. Du Ham., 5. 

 p. 245. ; Hayne Dend., p. 174.; Lawson's Manual, p. 351.; Bon Jard., 1837, p. 975. ; Lodd. Cat., 

 ed. 1836. 



Synonymes. P. fMiis t£rnis Gron. Virg., 152. ; P. virginiana tenuifdlia tripilis Pink. Aim., 297. ; 

 White Pine, at Petersburg and Richmond, in Virginia ; Old field Pine, Amer. ; Pin de 1'Encens, Fr. 



Engravings Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 15. ; N. Du Ham., t.75. t. 2. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., t. 143. ; 

 our./*/*. 2121., to our usual scale; and figs. 2118. to 2120., of the natural size, from the Horticul- 

 tural Society, Dropmore, and Syon specimens. 



Spec. Char., §-c. Leaves in threes, elongated. Cones often in pairs, shorter 

 than the leaves; oblong, pyramidal, somewhat truncate at 

 the apex ; scales with sharp prickles, turned inwards. Crest 

 of the anthers rounded. (Lois.) Buds, on young trees (see 

 fig. 2118.), fin. 

 long, and £in. 

 broad ; pointed, 

 with straight 

 sides; brownish 

 red, and more 

 covered with re- 

 sin than any 

 other species, 



except P.Bankswma. Buds 



on the full-grown tree at Sy- 

 on, as in fig. 2120. Leaves 



(see fig. 2119.) from 5± in. 



to 5f in. long, rigid, bluntly 



pointed, channeled in the 



middle, with sheaths from 



fin. to I in. long; brown, 



and faintly ringed. Cones 



3iin. to 4^ in. long, and 



from If in. to 2 in. broad ; 



scales li in. long. Seed 



small; with the wing, l T 3 w in. 



long. In the climate of 



London, the tree flowers 



in May, but in Carolina it 



flowers in April. The 



cones ripen in the Au- 

 gust of the second year. 

 Variety. 



If P. T. 2 alopecurlndea 

 Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 ed. 2., v. p. 317., 

 the Fox-tail Frank- 

 incense Pine, is said 

 to have the leaves 

 spreading, and more 

 squarrose than the 

 species. There is 

 a plant of this name 

 in the Horticultu- 

 ral Society's Gar- 

 den, which, 8 years planted, is 10ft. high; but it does not appeal- 

 different from the species. Pursh is of opinion that this variety 



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