25. P IN U S B A L S AM E A .
BALM OF GILEAD FIR.
PiNüs B alsamea, foliis solitariis planis subsecundis, strobilis cylindraceis erectis, bracteolis abbreviatis,
antheraram cristà muticâ.
P. Balsamea, foliis solitariis planis emarginatis subpectinatis supra suberectis, squamis coni florentis
acuminatis reflexis. Sola,id. MSS. Ait. Kew. v. 3. 3/0. Willden. Berl. Baum*, a 18.
I. Balsamea, foliis solitariis, subemarginatis: subtiis lineâ duplici punctata. Linn. Sp. PI. 1421. Syst
eel. Reich, v. 4 . 1/6. Gron. Virg. 2. 152. Wangenh. Beyt.40.
P. foins solitariis subemarginatis, conis ovato-oblongis erectis, squamis subrotundis planis basi acu-
minatis. Du Roi. Harhk. ed. Pott. v. 2. 144.
P. Abies balsamea. Marsh. Ar l. Am. 102.
Abies balsamea, foins subtiis argenteis apice subemarginatis bifariam versis. Mill. Did. n.3.
A. taxi folio, fructu rotundiori obtuso. Hort. Angl. 2. 2.
A. taxi folio, odore Balsami Giliadensis. Da Hamel. Arb. v. 1 .3 . n.3.
A. minor pectmatis foliis, virginiana, conis parvis subrotundis. Pluk. Aim. 2. t. 121. f. 1
Die Balsamtanne. Linn. Pfl. Syst. v. 2. 365.
Habitat in Virginia, Canada.
Floret Maio.
D E S C R IP T 1 0 .
forma ferè præcedentis, at folia paululmn angustiora, minusque glauca. Amenta ovate: mascula
semiuncialia, pedunculate; antherarum crista reniformis, apice mutica, vel brevissimè mùcronulata,
nequaquàm Incornis: foemiuea sesquiuncialia, bracteolis ellipticis, crenulatis, mucronulatis. Slrobili
ovato-cylmdracei, violacei, resinosi, fragiles, magnitudine prioris, bracteolis persistentibus vix
squamas excedentibus.
1 Balsamea has its natural abode in the northern provinces of America, but chiefly in Nova Scotia
Canada, the more northern parts of New York Province, and New England. It stands mostly on the’
oolde, side of the mountains, ,n heavy grounds mixed with clay and sand, yet dry and poor. In these
situations we are informed by Wangenheim it grows to a considerable height and strength, like P Picea
Therefore if some trials of this species in England have failed, the principal cause must be either the
too great warmth of the spot, or the richness of the soil. I have observed that it bears beim- trans-
planted much better than many others of the tribe. The bark is of a whitish grey colour And in
texture pretty smooth. Between it and the wood are vesicles which contain a resin, like turpentine