The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . al, somewhat paler, and membranaceous, slightly eroded, (asseen through a glass.) Anthers two-celled. SINCLAIRS PINE. PiNUS SiNCLAiRii. FoUis tcmis acicidaribus elongatis gracilihus supra,canaliculatis dorso convexis margine aspcris, strobilis basi obliqids pedali-bus oblongis, sqiiamis cuneatis elongatis, a
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . al, somewhat paler, and membranaceous, slightly eroded, (asseen through a glass.) Anthers two-celled. SINCLAIRS PINE. PiNUS SiNCLAiRii. FoUis tcmis acicidaribus elongatis gracilihus supra,canaliculatis dorso convexis margine aspcris, strobilis basi obliqids pedali-bus oblongis, sqiiamis cuneatis elongatis, apicibus crassis, elevato-ietragoniscentra tubercido spinidoso uncinato instructis.—IIook. and ARNOTT.,, p. 392, t. 93. This species, according to Dr. Sinclair, covers the hills fromMonterey to , and Point Pinos. It is the supposed P. rigidabrought from California by Menzies, and forms a stately treeseventy or eighty feet high. The leaves are ternate or occasion-ally binate, three to four inches long, rigid, sharp but cone is about a foot long; the scales two to three incheslong, three-quarters of an inch broad, cuneate, thickened, andquadrangular at the apex, with a short, reflected, sharp, rigidinucro. It appears to be allied to P. Moidcziimm. V\ VXX. Larix occidejit uliK L A R C II. (Le Melk/,e, Fr.) Natural Order, Conifer^e. Linna^an Classijlvaia>it, Monckc ia, * (TOURXEFORT.) The plants of tins genns difler from the rines and Firs in haviii:^deciduous, clustered leaves. Anthers opening colored and persistent. The cones are erect, with thescales excavated at the base and persistent. Deciduous-leaved trees with globular, proliferous buds, usually oflarge dimensions, natives of the mountainous regions of ,the West of Asia, and of North America; highly valued for thegreat durability of their timber. WESTERN LARCH TREE. Larix Occidentalis. FoWs rigidis utrinque hkamUcuJatls, strohHisovatls majuscuU
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