MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
635 
squamarum aculeis rec- spines of the scales 
tis, tenuis^imis. straight, slender. 
Mich. 2. p. 205. Sp. pi, 4. p. 499. Pursh, 2. p. 643. Nutt. 2. p. 223. 
Icon. Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 86. 
A small tree, sparingly disseminated in close or damp poor soils, rarely 
exceeding 30 — 40 feet in height, or 12 — 15 inches in diameter. Leaves 3 
in each sheath 6 — 8 inches long. Cone 3 to 4 inches long, globular, fre- 
quently opposite on the small branches, with the scales closely imbricate, 
not opening and discharging the seed before the second year; sometimes, ac- 
cording to Mich, not until the third or fourth year. 
This species in habit, leaf, bark and colour, resembles the young or stint- 
ed loblolly pines (P. Taeda) so much, that the cone alone appears to distin- 
guish them. The cone resembles that of G, Rigida in some respects, but it 
is larger and more globular, and I think the leaves are longer than those of 
that species. 
Grows around ponds and in damp soils. 
Flowers April, 
5. Pungens. Lambert. 
P. foliis geminis, 
brevibus, acutis; strobi- 
lis ovato-conicis, acu- 
leis squamarum elonga- 
tis, subulatis, incurvis, 
inferioribus reflexis. 
Leaves by pairs, 
short, acute; cones o- 
vate-conical, spines of 
the scales long, subu- 
late, incurved, the low- 
er reflexed. 
Pursh, 2. p. 643. Nutt. 2. p. 223. 
Icon. Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 6l. 
A tree 40 — 50 feet high, 1—2 feet in diameter, with many irregular 
branches. Leaves 2 — >3 inches long, 2 in each sheath, somewhat rigid. 
Cones ovate, sessile, 3—4 in a cluster. Scales closely imbricate, armed 
with large, rigid, acute spines. 
Of this tree I have no personal knowledge: I am even uncertain whether 
it grows within the limits assigned to this work. The knob of the Alleghany 
Mountains however, generally known as the Table Mountain, is in South- 
Carolina. Mr. Nuttall considers its habitat as confined to the high ridges 
around the sources of the Catawba, North-Carolina; and perhaps from some 
summit in that neighbourhood it oiay have taken its popular name of Table 
Mountain Pine. 
I think it probable, however, that it may be found on some of the high 
ridges of the Cherokee Mountains. 
Flowers— 
