CHAP. CXIII.

CONI'FEIIJE. Pl'NUS.

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rence, a ship of 50 or 60 guns, built by the French at Quebec , was made ofit. The timber of this pine is sent to England, from the district of Maine andthe shores of Lake Champlain . As an ornamental tree, this species is welldeserving of cultivation. The price of plants, at New York , is 50 cents each.

App. i. Doubtful Species, apparently belonging to § Laricio .

P. canadensis bifblia^liis breviSnbus et tenuidribus , Du Ham.

Arb., ii. p. 126. j P. resinbsa N. Du Ham., v. p. 237. t. 77. f. 2.:and our jig. 2098. to our usual scale, and fig. 2099. of the naturalsize, both from the Nouveau Du Hamel. Leaves in pairs, orthree in a sheath, slender. Cones conical, erect, in twos, threes,or fours, and sometimes in clusters; not half the length ofthe leaves; having their scales convex on the back, scarcelyangular, depressed and umbilicate at the summit {Lois. Des-longchamps.) There was, in 1812, a tree of this species grow-ing in the garden of the Veterinary School at Alfort, about twoleagues from Paris , which Loiseleur Deslongchamps statesthat he had known for more than 30 years, and which was notthen more than 12 ft. high. The trunk is divided near the baseinto three large limbs, which rise obliquely, and are subdividedinto numerous small branches, so as to form a large round bush.

The trunk and limbs are covered with a rough cracked bark of areddish brown; while the younger branches have a greyish bark,tolerably smooth. The leaves are in pairs or threes j they are slender, from 3 in. to 6 in. long, andare disposed in tufts at the extremity of the branches, or near the clusters of cones ; leaving at leasthalf or two thirds of each branch quite bare. The tree at Alfort does not appear to have borne anymale catkins; but the femaleones are numerous: they are oval,reddish, and disposed in groupsor clusters, of from 2 or 3 to 6 or10, or even more, together. Thefemale catkins stand straight outwhen in flower, and retain thesame direction when in fruitThey ripen the second year, butremain on the tree for 4 years ormore. They are about 2 in. long,and 1$ in. in diameter at the base,terminating in a sharp point; ofa bright cinnamon-red colour;the swollen part of the scales isconvex, a little angular, and de-pressed in the centre, where it isof a greyish colour. The seedsare nearly white, and muchlarger than those of P. Laricio .

The wing, which is of the samecolour, is |in. or more in length.

The only specimen of this pinewhich Loiseleur Deslongchampshad met with in France was thatabove described at Alfort, whereit was under the name of P. hale-p^nsis, though it differed mate-rially from that species in variouspoints, and particularly in havingits cones pointing horizontal-ly, instead of downwards. DuHamel, in his Traitt des Arbres ,

&c., published in 1755, gives adescription of this species, whichhe says he received from M.

Gaultier of Quebec . He calls it P. canadbnsis bifblia, fbliis brevidribus et tenui6ribus, le petitpin rouge de Canada; in opposition to P. canaddnsis bifMia, cbnis mbdiis ovhtis, le pin rouge de Ca-nada, also received from M. Gaultier, and which is evidently the same as the P. rbbra of Michaux,P. resinbsa Ait. ; as Du Hamel expressly mentions that its timber was used for the mainmast of theSt. Lawrence ; a fact also stated by Michaux. (See p. 2212.) He states that this pine was said to grownear Montreal, on the banks of the St. Lawrence .

§ iii. P inastcr.

Sect. Char. Leaves long, straight, and stiff, comparatively broad. Coneslarge, with rhomboidal, pyramidal terminations, pointed. Buds bhmt-pointed, imbricated, with the scales turned back, woolly, and whollywithout resin.

1 12. P. Fina'steh Ait. The Pinaster, or Cluster, Pine .

Identijicalion. Ait. Hort. Kew.,ed. 1., 3. p. 367.; Lamb. Pin.,1. t. 9.; Mart. Mill., No. 2. ; Lawson’sManual, p. 341.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836 ; Hayne Dend., p. 172.

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