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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.
Southern maritime parts of Europe . Very abundant in the neighbour'hood of Bordeaux, and between this city and Bayonne. It is a much
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Fin-. 137 . Pinus sylvestris.
Fig-. 138. Branch and cones of ditto.
Fig. 139. Branch and cones of Pinus Pinaster.
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larger tree than the Scotch fir. Flowers in May. It yields Bordenturpentine, galipot, tar, and pitch. ^
3. Pinus pains'iris, I jambert; the Swamp Pine. — Leaves three, ' ■long. Cones subcylindrical, armed with sharp prickles. Stipules P lD j r ytifid, ragged, persistent (Lambert.) A very large tree, growing in . *sandy soils, from the southern parts of Virginia to the Gulf of Me*
“ Its mean elevation is 60 or 70 feet, and the diameter of its trunk a* 5 ^15 or 18 inches for two-thirds of this height. The leaves are ab° u ^ efoot in length, of a brilliant green colour, and united in bunches atends of the branches. The names by which the tree is known i® tSouthern States are long-leaved pine, yellow pine, and pitch pine 5 fthe first is the most appropriate, as the last two are applied also to °species. This tree furnishes by far the greater proportion of ^ Mf L ie vtine, tar, &c. consumed in the United States , or sent from this to °countries” ( United States Dispensatory). ^
4. PHnus Tmda, Lambert; the Frankincense Pine. —Abunda® t
Virginia. Yields common turpentine, but of a less fluid quality thanwhich flows from the preceding species. ju
5. Pi'nus P'inea, Lambert, Decandolle ; the Stone Pine. —Gro® ® gg
the south of Europe and northern part of Africa . Yields the c f Stcalled, in the shops, pignoli pines, the seeds of which, termed pine ^ ;l(mrviSee, Diosc.; pityida, Pliny ; nuclei pinece, pineoli) are useddessert. pva
6. Pi'nus Pumil'io, Lambert; the Mugho or Mountain Pine. -—A ^ (?rof the mountains of the south of Europe . An oleo-resin, calle t pegarian balsam ( balsamum hungaricum), exudes spontaneously froi