( 389 .) 
PIN US* *. 
I.innean Class and Order. Monce'cia f, Monade'lpiiia;);. 
Natural Order. Coni'fera:, Linn. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 411. — ■ 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 190. — Lindl. Syn. p. 240. ; Introd. to Nat. 
Syst. of Bot. p. 247. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 546. — Loud. Hort. 
Brit. p. 535.; Arb. et Frutic. Brit. p. 2103. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 
258. — Hook. Brit. Fi. (4th edit.) p. 420 . — Pineales ; sect. Abie- 
T1NA5 ; type, Pinaceas, Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 492 & 494. 
Gen. Char. Sterile Flowers (see figs. 1 & 2). Catkin (fig. 2.) 
deciduous, of numerous, naked, spreading stamens (fig. 2, 5.) con- 
nected by one common stalk. Calyx none. Corolla none. Filaments 
(see fig. 3.) very short. flntliers (fig. 3.) upright, wedge-shaped, of 
2 cells, bursting lengthwise, crowned with a membranous crest. — 
Fertile Flowers (see figs. 4 & 5). Catkin (fig. 5.) egg-shaped, or 
roundish, of numerous, imbricated, close, rigid, permanent, 2- 
flowered, 2-lipped scales (fig. 6). Calyx none. Corolla none. 
Germens (ovules) 2, at the base of each scale within. Style, 1 to 
each germen. Stigma prominent, obtuse, evanescent. Cone or 
Strobile (fig. 7.) egg-shaped, or between cone-shaped and egg- 
shaped in most species, consisting of hard woody truncated scales, 
excavated at the base for the reception of the seeds. Seeds (fig. 8.) 
oval, each crowned with a large membranous wing, shorter than 
the scale. — Leaves in groups of 2, 3, or 5 ; each group arising out 
of a scaly sheath. 
The sterile /lowers in crow ded racemose catlcins, with peltate scales, bear- 
ing 2, l-eelled, sessile anthers ; the fertile flowers in egg-shaped catkins, with 
closely imbricated, 2-flowered scales; the cones with oblong, blunt, woody 
scales, with an angular termination ; and the leaves in groups of 2, 3, or 5 ; will 
distinguish this from other genera, destitute of calyx and corolla, in the san.e 
class and order. 
One species British. 
PI'NUS SYLVE'STRIS. The Wood Pine. The Scotch Pine. 
Wild Pine-tree. Scotch Fir. 
Spec. Char. Leaves rigid, in pairs. Cones between egg-shaped 
and cone-shaped, acute ; young ones stalked, recurved, as long as 
the leaves, from 1 to 3 together. Crest of the anthers very small. 
Engl. Bot. t. 2460. — Lamb. Pin. v. i. t. 1. — Wooilv. Med. Bot. t. 207. — Milt. 
Illustr. t. 82. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. p. 2153. plates 312, 312 a, and 313 ; and 
figs. 2043 to 2056. — Hunt. Evel. Silva, p. 262, with a plate. — Johnson’s Gerardo, 
p. 1356.— Linn. Sp. l'l. p. 1418.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 423.— Willd. Sp. PI. 
v. iv. pt. i. p. 494. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. iii. p. 1031. ; Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 159. — With. 
Fig. 1. A Staminiferous Catkin. — Fig. 2. Same magnified; a, bracteas ; b, an- 
thers. — Fig. 3. An Anther, magnified. — Fig. 4. A Pistilliferous Catkin. — Fig. 5. 
Same magnified. — Fig. 6. A separate Scale of ditto, — Fig. 7. A Cone. — Fig.. 8. A 
Seed. — 
* From pin ox pen, which, in Celtic, means a Cray or stony mountain, still so 
called in Wales ; (as Ben in Scotland) ; where the Pine delights to grow, “ moored 
in the rifted rock.” Hooker. 
The Pine is the badge of the clan M’Gregor. 
“ Hail to the chief who in triumph advances ! 
Honoured and blessed be the evergreen Pine ! 
Long may the tree in his banner that glances, 
Flourish the shelter and grace of our line!” — lady of the lake. 
•f See folio 83, t See folio 1*6, 
