. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. PINACEAE. Vol. I. 5. Pinus Banksiana Lamb. Labrador Pine. Gray Pine. Fig. 135. Pinus sylvestris var. divaricata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 366. 1789. Pinus Banksiana Lamb. Pinus, 1: 7. pi. 3. 1803. Pinus divaricata Gordon, Pinetum, 163. 1858. A slender tree, usually 40-60° high, but sometimes reaching 100°, and a trunk diameter of 30, the branches spreading, the bark b
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. PINACEAE. Vol. I. 5. Pinus Banksiana Lamb. Labrador Pine. Gray Pine. Fig. 135. Pinus sylvestris var. divaricata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 366. 1789. Pinus Banksiana Lamb. Pinus, 1: 7. pi. 3. 1803. Pinus divaricata Gordon, Pinetum, 163. 1858. A slender tree, usually 40-60° high, but sometimes reaching 100°, and a trunk diameter of 30, the branches spreading, the bark becoming flaky. Leaves in 2's, stout, stiff, more or less curved, spreading or oblique, light green, crowded along the branches, seldom over 1' long; nbro-vascular bundles 2; cones commonly very numerous, lateral, oblong-conic, usually upwardly curved, 1-2' long, o"-i5" thick when mature; scales thickened at the end, the transverse ridge a mere line with a minute central point in place of spine or prickle at maturity; young scales spiny-tipped. In sandy soil, sometimes forming extensive forests, Nova Scotia to Hudson Bay and the Northwest Territory, south to Maine, northern New York, northern Illinois and Minnesota. Wood soft, weak, compact, light brown ; weight per cubic foot 27 lbs. Also called Hudson Bay Pine, Northern scrub-pine; Black, Bank's-, Shore-, Jack- and Rock-pine; Unlucky-tree. May-June. 6. Pinus virginiana Mill. Jersey Pine. Scrub Pine. Fig. 136. Pinus virginiana Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 9. 1768. Pinus inops Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 367. 1789. A slender tree, usually small, but sometimes at- taining a height of 110° and a trunk diameter of 30, the old bark dark colored, flaky, the branches spread- ing or drooping, the twigs glaucous. Leaves in 2's, dark green, rather stout and stiff, ii'-2i' long, with 2 fibro-vascular .bundles; young sheaths rarely more than 2J" long; cones commonly few, lateral, recurved when young, spreading when old, oblong-con
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