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NEW JERSEY PINE. 
Pinus inops. P. arbor mediocris, ramosa ; foliis binis, brevibus ; strobilis ovato- 
acuminatis, solitariis, fuscis ; mucronibus tessularum rigidis ; deorsum sub- 
inclinatis. 
Obs. Truncus et ramuli obscure et squalide fusci. 
The Jersey Pine has probably been so named from its abounding in the 
lower part of New Jersey, where the soil is meager and sandy, and where 
it is often accompanied by the Yellow Pine. It is not, however, confined 
to this State, for I have seen it in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky, in 
Pennsylvania beyond Chambersburg, near the Juniata, and on the scrubby 
ridges beyond Bedford, at the distance of about 200 miles from Philadel- 
phia. In this part of Pennsylvania it is called Scrub Pine , and is seen 
wherever the soil is composed of argillaceous schist and is consequently 
poor. The leanness of the land on which it grows' is attested by the 
decrepid appearance of the Scarlet, Red, Black, White and Rock Chesnut 
Oaks, with which it is mingled. I have never met with it northward of 
the river Hudson, nor in the Carolinas and Georgia. 
This tree is sometimes 30 or 40 feet high and 12 or 15 inches in diame- 
ter, but it rarely attains these dimensions. The trunk, which is clad in a 
blackish bark, tapers sensibly from the base to the summit, and half its 
length is occupied by limbs remote from each other. The leaves are united 
in pairs and are of a dark green, 1 or 2 inches long, flat on the inner face, 
Stiff and scattered over the young branches, which are very flexible and 
smooth, while those of the other species are scaly. The wood of the annual 
shoots is observed to be of a violet tint, which is a character peculiar to 
this species and to the Yellow Pine. 
The cones are a little larger than those of the preceding species, or about 
2 inches long and an inch in diameter at the base : they are attached by 
short, thick peduncles, and are armed with long, firm spines, pointed and 
bent backwards ; they are usually single and directed towards the earth. 
The seeds are shed the first year of their maturity. 
The size of this species of Pine forbids the useful employment of its 
wood, not to mention the disadvantage under which it labors of containing 
a large proportion of sap. Near Mudlick, in Kentucky, a small quantity 
