. 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. 976 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. § ii. Ternattx. — Leaves 0 in a Sheath. A. Natives of North America. 1 18. P. Tmtia. L. The Frankincense, or Loblolly, Pine. Ideatificalton. Lin. Sp. PI., 1419. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 155. ; Pursh Sept., 2. p. 644. Synoni/mes. P. fbliis ter
. 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. 976 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. § ii. Ternattx. — Leaves 0 in a Sheath. A. Natives of North America. 1 18. P. Tmtia. L. The Frankincense, or Loblolly, Pine. Ideatificalton. Lin. Sp. PI., 1419. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 155. ; Pursh Sept., 2. p. 644. Synoni/mes. P. fbliis ternis Gron. Virg. 152. ; P. virgini^na tenulfblia trSpilis Ptuk. Aim. 297. ; White Pine, at Petersburg and liichmond^ in Virginia ; Oldfield Pine, Amer.; Pin de I'Encens, Fr. Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., t. 143.; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. viii.; our fig. 1819. to our usual scale; and Jigs. 1816. to 1818. of the natural size, from the Horticultural Society, Dropmore, and Syon specimens. Spec. Char, S^c. Leaves in threes, elongated. Cones often in pairs, shorter than the leaves; oblong, pyramidal, somewhat trun- cate at the apex ; scales v?ith sharp prickles, turned inwards. Crest of the anthers rounded. Buds, on young trees (see fig. 1816.), i inch long, and ^ inch broad ; pointed, with straight sides; brownish red, and moi"e co- vered with resin than any other species, except Pin. Banksiarea. Buds on the full-grown tree at Syon as in Jig. 1818. Leaves (see fig. 1817.) from 5^ in. to SJin. long, rigid, bluntly pointed, channeled in the middle, with sheaths from |. in. to 1 in. long; brown, and faintly ringed. Cones 3 J in. to 4| in. long, and from If in. to 2 in. broad; scales IJin. long. Seed small; with the wing, l^in. long. A large tree. Florida to Virginia, in barren sandy situations. Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. Introduced in 1713. In the climate of London, the tree flowers in May, but in Carolina it flowers
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