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P I N U S. 
The PINE-TREE* 
Clafs 2 1 , Order 9. Monoecia Polyandria, 
*THE Male Flowers are difpofed in Racemi or bunches 
l he Calyx none but the fcales of the bud, gaping* 
The Corolla none. 
The Filaments are numerous and joined beneath in an ere& co- 
lumn, divided at top. The Antherce are ere&. 
* The Female Flowers are in the fame plant. 
The Calyx is a common, fomewhat ovate cone, confining of 
Scales, which are two flowered, oblong, imbricated, rigid, 
and permanent. 
The Corolla none. 
The Germen is, very fmall. The Style is awl-lhaped. The Stig- 
ma fimple. 
The Seed-veffel none, but the fcales of the cone. 
The Seed is a nut, increased with a membranaceous wing, which 
is larger than the feed, but fmaller than the fcale of the 
cone, oblong, ftraigbt on one fide and gibbous on the other. 
The Species, with us , are , 
1. Pin us echinata. Three leaved prickly- coned 
Bajlard Pine . 
This grows naturally in Virginia. The leaves are 
long and narrow, fometimes three, at other times 
but two in each {heath. The cones are long and 
{lender, their fcales terminating in {harp points. 
2. Pin us paluftris. Longejl three leaved MarJJj 
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. 
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