. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 96'2 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. t. 29.; P. maritima N. Du 11am. 5. p 240.; P. s^rtica Thore Prom, sur Us Cites de Gascogne, p. 161.; P. Massoni^rza Lamb. 2 ed. 118.; Pin de Bordeaux, Pin des Landes ; Pinastro, Hal. Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., No. 4. t. 26. j Lamb. Pin,, ed. 2., 1
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 96'2 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. t. 29.; P. maritima N. Du 11am. 5. p 240.; P. s^rtica Thore Prom, sur Us Cites de Gascogne, p. 161.; P. Massoni^rza Lamb. 2 ed. 118.; Pin de Bordeaux, Pin des Landes ; Pinastro, Hal. Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., No. 4. t. 26. j Lamb. Pin,, ed. 2., 1. t. 9. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 72. and 72. bis f. 1. ; the plates of this tree in Arb. Brit, 1st. edit. vol. viii.; our Jig. 1786., to our usual scale; figs. 1781. and 1782., of the natural size, from Dropmore and Pain's Hill specimens. Spec. Char., Src Leaves in paii-s, rigid, very long. Cones conical, placed in whorls of 3, 4, or even as many as 8, together ; rather solitary, much shorter than the leaves; the backs of the scales forming each a rhom- boidal pyramid, with two lateral angles, from which proceed ribs, terminating at the summit of the pyramid in a smaller pyramid, which has a hard point, more or less sharp, and of a grey colour. Crest of the anthers round- ed. Bud (fig 1781.). 1781. from f in. to f in. long; and from fin. to I in. broad ; straight-sided, cylin- drical, with the scales turned back ; white and woolly, but never resinous ; surround- ing buds few and small. Leaves (see /g. 1782.) from 6 or 8 inches to 1 ft. in length, shghtly ser- rated on the mar- gins ; sheaths from ^in. to fin. in length; imbricated, scarcely rigid ; pale green or whitish at first, and becoming at last black. Cones from 4 in. to 6 in. in length, and from 1| in. to 2J in. wide at the broadest part; light brown, and shining; scales from 1 in. to IJin. in length, and from ^ in. to fin. in breadth at the widest part; terminating in a regular pyramid ; rhomboidal at the base. Th
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