ii. PINTS' VARIABILIS.
VARIABLE-LEAVED BASTARD PIN®
PiiJUS v a k ia b il is , |^i9Jpnatisrieriiatfsqne,istaffili®avata-eoniEis suBsoIitariis; squamarum^aeuleis
mcmgdg$fe=Gfe
P. Ttsda, variabili$,y^ '
P. echinata. prsel nnttifrfnljia termi nri hits. mnn-mlrinatn■ gracili.~-.oMai. Thnt n J2. Wangenh. HeyfJA.
P. echinata. Marshall, Aclr^Amer'. 100. .
P. echmata, fojna" gejmnis temis, conis 'oblongis; indurvis, / aeuleis squamarum reflexis thcSo}.,
Hae^ck. ed. Potji. -
Habitat in America Septeotrionali..■ ,
‘ Floret Maio.
HJESeRPPPI®T°*'
.Arbor ’mediocijis ; .Vplia binata" vcl temata, biuncialia, canaliculata, margine nervoque scabra, apice
subcariifata^ "Vaginie -breves, strietae,- mmuhacorrngatse. Amenta nondums vifM.' Strobili M ita r iir i
‘ recurvato-pendnli, angusfefovati, imnracati;3''§piflis*subincurvatia, squamis medio"'diIatatis.
■ I have never;seen. nsojeltJ^ari-' two trees o f tnia-'species'iih England; one-at Pairfs Hil];-* wlEre I
procured specimei^fbr tKe engraving; the ‘Other at Kew.
The native situation oi^.^ariabilu is the.sea-shore o f Nbrth America, o r a^no’greattiistanceifroni
it, is^sa^d^j, but mixed kind-of sod.>. .■ d^L>Ne)v Yorkf under»theforiy-firjst- degree5 of- north latitude,
jfs Height i§ s e ld g ^ |g g | e r fo ^ : feet, - arid the; shaft • or.- trunk,. > not more;than1 fifteenvor* twenty,', parting
> ^til^H^tito^braneheS;pretty distant from,’one-another. T he ‘ 3<zr£. is brownish and. deeply cracked.' ‘ The
Has aspunginess and lightness -which deprives it^o^dprahility,/ and renders it useless in ba lding,
oj?; indeed fox any purposes o f a'simdaxslti^^biit^it is .tolerably ti^ o P r e s in , so that the Americans
emp|°7 i£ tor ^ ^ar an-d pitch. The leaves a re^^b hxches -long, and pointed^ -in colour, dark green.
The jtowprs* appear at;&§ be^aning o f IVfey, and the seed? ripens ip Hoycmbgr. The efye is about -
three inches long, and two thick at the base/ it'is rather .bent at the top- The scales have a yeUowj$h£ '-
brown tinge, and there arp thorny points of" a strong woody texture projecting from them . The seeds
are smaller than in P . sy hjestris.
E X P LAN A TIO N OF TAB. 15.
a„a. Leaves with their sheath
P . Point o f a leaf.
Ripe Cone.
Scales o f the 8ain|.
Seed.