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P I N U S. 



The PINE-TREE. 

 Clafs 21. Order 9. Monoecia Polyandria, 



*nrHE Male Flowers are difpofed in Racemi or bunches. 



j he Calyx none but the fcales of the bud, gaping. 

 The Corolla none. 



The Filaments are numerous and joined beneath in an ered co- 

 lumn, divided at top. The Anthem are ere^t. 



♦ The Female Flowers are in the fame plant. 



ThQ Calyx is a common, fomewhat ovate cone, confifting of 

 Scales, which are two flowered, pblong, imbricated, rigid, » 

 and permanent. 



The Corolla none. 



The Germen is very fmall. The Style is awl-fliaped. The Stig- 

 ma fimple. 



The Seed'VejJel none^ but the fcales of the cone. 



ThQ Seed is a nut, increafed wjth a membranaceous wing, which 

 is larger than the feed, but fmaller than the fcale of the 

 cone, oblong, ftraight on one fide and gibbous on the other. 



The Species, with us^ are^ 



J. PiNUs echinata. Three leaved prickly-coned 

 Baftard Fine. 



This grows naturally in Virginia. The leaves are 

 long and narrow, fometinies three, at other times 

 but two in each flieath. The cones are long and 

 flender, their fcales terminating in ftiarp points. 



2. Pin us paluftris. Longejl three leaved Marjl> 

 Pine. 



This grows naturally in South Carolina, and is of 

 a middling growth* The leaves are produced by 

 threes in a {heath and are often ten or twelve inches 



