§ Ü. Ternàtæ. — Leaves ■‘3 in a Sheath,
A. Natives o f North America,
Î 18. P. P æ 'd a The Frankincense, or Lo/j/oZ/y, Pine.
Ideniification. Lin Sp. P l., 1419. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. l.'i.'j. ; P ursh Sept., 2. p. G4-4.
Synonytnes. P. fôliis ternis Gron. Virg. 152, ; P. virginiàna tenuifòlia trípilis Pluk. Aim. -2ü7. ;
' YihSieV'me, at Petersburg and Richmond, in Virginia; Oldfield Vine, Amer. \ Pin de I’Encens,
Fr.
Engravings. Lamb Pin., cd. 2., 1. t. 1-5. ; Michx. N. Amer. Svi., t. 14.3. ; the plate of this tree in
Arb. B n t., 1st edit., vol. v iii.; om Jig. 1819. to our usual scale; a n d /ig s . 181G. to 1818. of tlie
natural size, from the Horticultural Society, Dropmore, and Syon specimens.
Spec. Char, S/c. Leaves in threes, elongated,
than the leaves; oblong,
pyramidal, somewhat truncate
at the apex ; scales
with sharp prickles, turned
inwards. Crest of the
anthers rounded. Buds,
on young trees
(see fig. 1816.),
I inch long, and
i inch broad ;
pointed, with
straight sides;
browni.sh red,
and more covered
with resin
than any other
species, except
Pin. Banksz««a.
Buds on the full-grown
tree at Syon as in fig.
1818. Leaves (see fig.
1817.) from 5^ in. to in.
long, rigid, hlunt'y pointed,
channeled in tlie middle,
with sheaths from |-in. to
1 in. long ; brown, and
fiiintly ringed. Cones 3^ in.
to 4 |in . long, and from
Ifin. to 2 in.broad; scales
] iin . long.. Seed small;
Cones often in pairs, shorter
with the wing, IfV^i-
A large tree. Florida to
Virginia, in barren sandy
situations. Height 70 ft.
to 80 ft. Introduced in
1713. In the climate of
London, the tree flowers
in May, but in Carolina it
flowers in April; and the
cones ripen in the August
of the second year.
Variety.
1817. P. Tce'da.
1 P. T. 2 alopecurdidea Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., v. p. 317. The Foxtail
Frankincense Pine. — Said to have the leaves spreading, and
more squarrose than the species. Pursh is of opinion that this
variety is nothing more th..a..n... .t.h..e.. ..P..... .s..e..r.ó..t..i.n..a.. .o..f.M 1 ichai
but Lam-
bert thinks it a variety of P. rígida.
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7'he leaves are broad, pointed, flat on the
upper surface, and forming a ridge below ;
of a fine light green, with a sheath long
and whitish at first, but becoming short, thick,
and brown when old. The cones are about
4 in. in length ;
and the scales terminate
in processes
which have
the foi'm of an
elongated pyramid,
somewhat in
the manner of P.
Pinaster ; but the
apex of the pyramid
terminates in
a thick and sharp
I prickle, somewhat
in the manner of
P. púngens, and
turned upwards.
In England, in the
climate of Lon-
don, Pinus 7'as'da
^ grows vigorously ;
there being large
1818. P. roe'da. 1819. P. TjCdfi.
trees at Syon and at Kew, which, after being 50 years planted, produce
shoots of from 9 in. to 1 ft. every year, and ripen cones.
Î 19. P. r i ' g i d a Mill. The rigid, or Pitch, Pine.
Identification. Mill. Diet., No. 10. ; Michx. N. Amer. Svi., 3. p. 1.50 • Pursh Sent 2 n G43
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Pii hsiissC'Pta' rud?, p f . ' fr' ' ' Virginian Pine, Sap Pine, Mack Pine ;
Em m in f.s . ' I.ainb. Pin., 'ed. -2., I. t. 16, 17. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., ,o l. 3. t. 144. ; the plate of
23. of the natural size, from Dropmore specimens. - a l e ; and * 4 . [«21. to
1820. P . rígida.
Char., S/c. Leaves in threes. Cones ovate-oblong, in threes or fours,
much shorter than the leaves; their scales terminated by a rough thorny
point. Male catkins elongated, with the crest of the anthers dilated, and
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