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16. P I N U 8 STRO BÜ S .
WEYMOUTH PINE.
P in u s St r o b u s , fo liis q u in is , s tro b ilis fo lio lo n g io r ib u s c y lin d ra c e is læ v ig a tis, a n th e ra ru rn c ris ta g em in â
s u b u la tâ m in im a .
P. Strobus, fo liis q u in is , c o n is c y lin d ra c e is , fo lio lo n g io rib u s, lax is. Soiland. MSS. Ait. Few. v. 3. 369.
P. Strobus, fo liis q u in is m a rg in e s c ab ris, c o rtic e læ v i. Linn. Sp. Pi. 1419. Syst.ed. Reich, v. 4. 1/4.
Mill. Diet. n. \ 3. Evel, Sylv. ed. Hunter. 2Ö3 . IVangenh. Beyt. 1. 1 .1 . f . 1 . Vitm. Sp. PI. v. 5. 345.
P. Strobus, foliis quinis, conis oblongis pendulis, squainis ovalibus planis laxis. Du Roi. Harbk. ed.
Pott. v. 2. /8.
P. Strobus. Marsh. Arb. Amer. 101.
P. foliis quinis cortice glabro. Gron. Virg. 2. 152.
P. foliis longissimis, ex unâ theca quinis. Colden. Novebor. 229. in Act. Soc. Reg. Sc. Ups. 1743.
P. canadensis quinquefolia, floribus albis, conis oblongis et pendulis, squamis abieti ferè similis. Duham.
Arb. v. 2. 127. n. 19.
P. virginiana, conis longis, non ut in vulgari, echinatis. Pluk. Aim. 2Q/.
Larix canadensis, longissimo folio. Tounief. I/ist. 5 8 6 .
Die Tannen fichte. Linn. Pfl. Syst. v. 2. 3 5 5 .
Habitat in America Septentrionali.
J'loret Maio.
D ESCR IPT IO .
Arbor excelsa, recta, cortice lævi, cinereo, ætate resinoso. Folia quinata, patula, triuncialia, gracilia,
subtùs carinato-triquetra, margine scabra. Vaginæ, Stipulæque nullæ. Amenta mascula elliptica,
brévia, pallidè purpurascentia ; antherarurn crista omnium minima, é setis duabus erectis, brevissimis :
foeminea ovato-cylindracea, erecta, breviùs pedunculata. Strobili penduli, cylindracei, incurvati,
læves atque glaberrimi.
“ Cotyledones 6 ad 10. Folia quina, molliora, triquetra, scabra, angulis inconspicue serratis. Strobili
spithammi, apice squamarum crassiore; lime conjungit Pinum & Abietem Auctorum.” Reich.
T h e specimen here figured was taken from a fine tree growing in the Royal Garden at Kew. Of
all the species of Pinus hitherto known, the Weymouth Pine grows the highest, the straightest, and
strongest, and may justly be considered as the chief of this numerous tribe. It inhabits in most