The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . PLATE LXII. Fig: 1. A Jeaf. Fig. 2. A seed vessel. DENDROLOGY. 229 are round, compressed in the middle, and stored with a greatnumber of small winged seeds. The wood of this tree is soft, and unfit for use in the arts ; butits inner bark is extremely bitter, and appears to partake of thefebrifuo-e virtues of the Cinchona, for the inhabitants of thesouthern parts of Georgia employ it successfully in the intermittingfevers, which, during the latter part of summer a
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . PLATE LXII. Fig: 1. A Jeaf. Fig. 2. A seed vessel. DENDROLOGY. 229 are round, compressed in the middle, and stored with a greatnumber of small winged seeds. The wood of this tree is soft, and unfit for use in the arts ; butits inner bark is extremely bitter, and appears to partake of thefebrifuo-e virtues of the Cinchona, for the inhabitants of thesouthern parts of Georgia employ it successfully in the intermittingfevers, which, during the latter part of summer and the autumn,prevail in the Southern States. A handful of the bark is boiledin a quart of water till the liquid is reduced one half and theinfusion is administered to the patient. From the properties ofthe bark the Pinckneya has taken the name of Georgia tree so nearly resembles that which produces the Peruvianvegetable, that some botanists have included them in the samegenus. PINUS. Moncecia Monadelpliia Linn. Conifcrse. Juss. Expectorant, seceitiant,stimulant. Long-Leaved Pine. Pinus PLATE 1. A leaf. Pig. 9. A cone. Fig. 3. A aeed. This invaluable tree isknown both in the countrieswhich produce it, and inthose to which it is exported,by different names : in thefirst it is called Long-LeavedPine, Yellow Pine, PitchPine and Broom Pine; inthe Northern States, South-ern Pine and Red Pine;and in England and theWest Indies, Georgia PitchPine. We have preferredthe first denomination, be-cause this species has longerleaves than any other east-ward of the Mississippi, and 230 SYLVA AMERICANA. because the names of Yelloio Pine and Pitch Pine, which aremore commonly employed, serve in the Middle States to designatetwo species entirely distinct and extensively diffused. Towardsthe north this tree first makes its appearance near Norfolk inVirginia, where the pine-barrens begin. It seems to be especiallyassigned to dry, sandy soils, and it is found without
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