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its general appearance. He afterwards called it P. peniculus, but, in bisSuppl. be names it P. pyreniiica, which name Captain Cook proposes tochange to P. hispanica, as the tree is chiefly found in Spain ; and a Frenchwriter in Annales d'Hort. to P. halepensis major. Captain Cook states thatthis species is “ quite hardy, of quick growth, and will, from its noble ap-pearance, the beauty of its form, and the clear transparent colour of both thebark and foliage, be a vast acquisition to our park scenery. The timber iswhite and dry, being nearly without turpentine; but the cones exude amost delicious balsamic odour. The wmod was formerly used by theSpanish government, in the arsenals of Carthagena and Cadiz, for the decksof ships ; for which purpose regular depots were kept in the Sierra deSegura; and it was floated down to the respective ports by the rivers Se-gura and Guadalquiver. It is one of the species described in the book ofArab agriculture written by a Moor of Seville, in 1200, and translated byBanqueri.” Besides the plants sent by Captain Cook to Woodside, theHorticultural Society’s Garden, and Syon, there are also specimens atNewton and Belsay, in Northumberland; at Dropmore ; at Carlton, nearDarlington,in Durham ; at Carclew, in Cornwall; and some other places.

! 11. P. resino'sa Ait. The resinous, or red, Pine.

Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1., 3. p. 367., ed. 2., 5. p. 316.; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 13.; Willd.Sp. PL, 4. p. 496.; Mart. Mill., No. 4. ; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 642. ; Hayne Deud., p. 173.;Lawson’s Manual, p.347.; Bon Jard., 1837, p. 975. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Synonymes. P. canadensis bifblia cbnis mediis ovktis Du Ham. Arb 2; p. 125.; P. r&braMichx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 112.; Norway Pine, in Canada ; Yellow Pine in Nova Scotia;le Pin rouge de Canada, Fr.

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. 1.13.; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t.134.; our fig. 2096.,to our usual scale, with a ‘male catkin (m) of the natural size ; and figs. 2094. and2095., of the natural size ; all from Dropmore and White Knights specimens.

Spec. Char., §c. Bark red. Leaves in pairs, Tin. or 5 in. long. Conesof a reddish brown, ovate-conical, rounded at the base, and halfthe length of the leaves ; scales dilated in the middle, and unarmed.(Michx.) Buds (fig. 2091.), in the White Knights specimen,li in. long, and in broad j ovate, acuminate, concave on the sides,with a long point, as in P. Laricio; but reddish brown, and veryresinous. Leaves (fig. 2095.) from 5 in. to 6 in. long, straight, istiff’, and yellow at the tip ; sheath from J in. to 1 in. long, white, ilacerated, and becoming short and dark with age. Cone 2 in. long, tand 1J in. broad, ovate-conical, brownish red, sessile, or with very