FIR TREE. 
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx of four scales. 
Corolla none. 
Female. Calyx. Cone somewhat egg-shaped, and com- 
posed of scales with two flowers in each. 
Corolla none. 
Seed-vessel none. Seed enclosed within the scales 
of the cone. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Pinus s ylvestr is. P. foliis geminis rigidis, conis ovato-conicis, 
longitudine foliorum subgeminis basi ro- 
tunda tis. Linn. Spec. Plant. Willd. 4. 
p. 494. no. 1. 
Leaves rigid and in pairs ; cones the length 
of the leaves, frequently growing two to- 
gether ; of an ovate-conical shape, and 
roundish at the base. 
P. foliis geminis rigidis, strobilis junioribus 
pedunculatis recurvatis dependentibus, 
antherarum crista exigua. Lamb Monog, 
a Pinus rubra. Mill. Did. no. 3. 
/3 Pinus tartarica. Mill. Diet. no. 4. 
