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161, in part ; Eaton and Wright, Bot. 358 ; Ant. Conif. 17, t. 5, 

 f . 3 ; Lindl. in Penn. Cycl. xvii. 171 ; Link in Linnsea, xv. 500 ; 

 Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. xi. 386 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 167 ; Knight, 

 Syn. Conif. 26 ; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 ; Carr. Tr. 

 Gen. Conif. 361, anded. 2, 471; Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, ed. 3, 290 ; 

 Darby, Bot. S. States, 514 ; Gord. Pinet. 167, and ed. 2, 238 ; Cooper in 

 Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 257 ; Chapman, Fl. S. States, 433 ; Curtis in 

 Rep. Geolog. Surv. JST. Carolina, 1860, iii. 20 ; Wood, CI. Book, 661, 

 and Bot. and Fl. 313 ; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 22 ; Nelson, 

 Pinac. 113 ; Gray, Man. IST. States, ed. 5, 470 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 

 84 ; Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 380 (excl. syn. mriahilis) ; Yasey, 

 Cat. Forest Trees, 30 ; Veitch, Man. Conif. 158. P. virginiana, Mill. 

 Diet. n. 9. P. variahilis, Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, 22, t. 15. 



Habitat. — Middle Island, Long Island, Tottenville and Clifton, 

 Staten Island, New York ; south, generally near the coast, to the valley 

 of the Savannah River (Aiken, South Carolina), and through Eastern 

 and Middle Kentucky to " The Knobs " of South-eastern Indiana. 



A tree 80-120 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter, 

 or in the Atlantic States generally much smaller ; sandy, generally 

 barren soil, reaching its greatest development west of the Alleghany 

 Mountains (C. S. Sargent). 



This Pine is found very abundantly in many of the interior States, 

 and especially where the soil is of a poor, sandy character. In such 

 situations it grows from 15 to 30 feet high. In the barren districts of 

 New J ersey particularly, P. inops covers large tracts of land known 

 as " pine barrens." Some of the trees even in these waste places are 

 Cjuite handsome, being remarkable for the pale yellowish twigs and 

 leaves. Many examples of large trees, conical in shajDe, are to be met 

 with, although the large majority are but small, stunted shrubs, and 

 far from ornamental. This species presents a peculiar and striking 

 appearance ; the straggling branches are covered with a dark, rough 

 bark, and the young shoots are beautifully tinged with violet, while 

 the entire tree is almost covered with exuding resin, which emits a 

 pleasant fragrance or balsamic odour (Hoopes, "Evergreens"). 



Hardy. 



P. insignis, Dougl. Mss. ex Loud. Arb. iv. 2265, f. 2170-72 ; 

 Forb. Pinet. AVob. 51, t. 18 ; Lindl. in Penn. Cycl. xvii. 171 ; 

 Ant. Conif. 27, t. 8, f. 1 ; Hook, and Arnott, Bot. Beechey, 393 ; 

 Spach, Hist. Yeg. Phan. xi. 389 ; Nutt. Sylv. iii. 115, and ed. 2, ii. 

 174 ; Bentham, Yoy. " Sulphur," 55 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 163 ; Knight, 

 Syn. Conif. 30 ; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 217 ; 

 Carr. Tr. Conif. 339, and ed. 2, 440 ; Bigelow in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 

 25 ; Torr. in Pacific R.R. Rep, iv, 141 ; Bot. Mex. Boundary 

 Survey, 209, t. 55 ; Ives' Rep. 28 ; Newberry in Pacific R.R. Rep. 

 vi. 90 ; Gord. Pinet. 197, and ed, 2, 270 ; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 

 1858, 261 • Murray in Edinburgh New Phil. Jcurn. new ser. xi. 222 



