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MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
Botany, should be interrogated respecting the P. Palustris or Swamp Pine, 
he would instantly revert to the P. Taeda, and his answers would be drawn 
from that species. 
Grows in dry sandy soils, where the sub-soil however, though 2 or 3 feet 
below the surface is usually of clay, covering nearly all of the ridges along 
the coast of Carolina and Georgia within ] 20 miles of the ocean. Where- 
ever the land becomes moist or fertile, the P. Taeda, and sometimes the P. 
Rigida encroach upon it. 
Flowers April. 
8. Strobus. Lin. 
P. foliis quinis gra- 
cilibus, vaginis brevis- 
simis; strobilis pendu- 
lis, cylindraceis, folio 
iongioribus, squamis 
laxis. 
Leaves by fives, 
slender, sheaths very 
short; cones pendulous, 
cylindrical, longer than 
the leaf, scales loose. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 501. Mich. 2. p. 205. Pursh, 2. p. 644. Nutt. 2. p. 223. 
Icon, Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 
This tree attains a greater size than any other species of North- American 
Pine. It has been known to grow upwards of 140 feet in height, and from 
6 “-7 in diameter. The bark is smoother than that of the 3-leafed pines, and 
the aspect of the tree somewhat different. Leaves about 4 inches long, 
pale, almost glaucous green, 5 in a cluster, confined by a sheath scarcely a 
line long. Cones solitary, much longer than the leaves, the scales very 
loosely imbricate, and unarmed at the summit. 
The wood of this tree is very extensively used; it is soft, fine grained and 
light, and free from turpentine; it is therefore used for all the interior work 
of houses except the floors, and in the Northern States for the covering, and 
even for the frames. From its size and lightness it is preferred for the masts 
of vessels to all other wood. To the yellow pine (P. Palustris) it is inferior 
in strength, in hardness, and in durability. 
This tree perhaps attains iG greatest size in the States of Maine, New- 
Hampshire and Vermont. In the Southern States it is confined to the ridges 
of the Alleghany Mountains, and I believe there does not attain to any great 
size. 
Grows (on the declivities of Mountains) in damp sphagnous soils along 
the margins of streams. 
Flowers April— May. 
** Abies. Foliis 
solitariis, basi dislinct- 
is,' coni squamis Icevi- 
bus, attenuatis. 
** Fir. Leaves 
solitary, distinct at 
base, scales of the cone 
smooth, tapering. 
