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     ADDENDUM 1-1. The identification of obsolete or erroneous Latin names used for coniferous species in the records for Prince Edward Island, and 
     
     comments on them based on the taxonomic listings in Elwes & Henry (1910). * 
     
    
   
   
    
     LATIN NAME I RECORDER & ENGLISH NAME GIVEN CURRENT LATIN NAME COMMENTS ON THE OBSOLETE NAME 
     
     Pinus pinea Stewart 1806: ‘Yellow pine‘. Pinus resinosa (red pine). Pinus pinea is the stone pine, a Mediterranean species. [Erskine 
     
     (1960) erroneously takes Stewart’s Pinus pinea to be the jack pine] 
     
     Pinus rubra Sleigh 1853: ‘Red pine Pinus resinosa (red pine). The name Pinus rubra Is not listed by Elwes & Henry The name 
     
     however has been applied In the past to the Scots pine P sylvestris. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pinus nigra Sleigh 1853. ‘Black pine. The name P. nigra is not listed by Elwes & Henry for Pinus resinosa. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It IS however the name for the Austrian pine and its subspecies the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Corsican pine. 
     
     Pinus toeda 
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
         
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
        
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Bain 1890. Red pine. Pinus resinosa (red pine). Pinus rigida (Miller 1768) is the pitch pine of eastern N. America. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Stewart 1806: ‘Pitch pine‘. Pinus taeda (L. 1753) )is the loblolly pine a ‘pitch’ pine of the southern 
     
     United States. [Erskine (1960) erroneously, takes Stewart’s Pinus 
     
     toeda to be the red pine] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pinus banksiana (jack pine). 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
           
     
         
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     Pinus alba 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pinus canadensis 
     
    
   
   
    
     Abies alba 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sleigh 1853: ‘spruce'. Picea glauca (white spruce). The spruces were placed by Linnaeus (1753) in the Pinus genus. 
     
     Bagster 1861: ‘White pine‘. Solander (1789) applied the name Pinus alba to white spruce. 
     
    

    
     (Bagster’s “Pinus alba white pine” can only be white spruce since he 
     
     lists separately Pinus strobus with the common name “Fragrant pine”) 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
           
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     Stewart 1806: ‘Spruce of three varieties’. Picea spp. (spruce species). The spruces were placed by Linnaeus (1753) in the Pinus genus. Du 
     
     [Watson] post 1904: ‘White spruce’ Picea glauca (white spruce). Roi (1771) applied the name Pinus canadensis to white spruce. 
     
    
   
   
    
               
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     The spruces, along with the firs and hemlock, were split off at some 
     
     point from the pines and placed in the new genus Abies. Michaux 
     
     (1789) applied the name Abies alba to white spruce. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Perley 1847: ‘White spruce’. Picea glauca (white spruce). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     The spruces, as Picea, were split off at some point from Abies (the 
     
     Link (1831) applied the name Picea alba to white spruce. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Picea alba McSwain & Bain 1891: [no name given] Picea glauca (white spruce). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Macoun 1894: ‘White spruce’. firs). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Johnson 1895: ‘White spruce’. 
     
     Abies nigra 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sleigh 1853: ‘sp’.ruce Picea mariana( (black spruce. The spruces were placed by Linnaeus (1753) in the Pinus genus. 
     
     Solander (1789) applied the name Pinus nigra to the black spruce. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
       
     
         
     
        
     
          
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
           
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
       
     
        
     
         
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     The spruces, along with the firs and hemlock, were split off at some 
     
     point from the pines and placed in the new genus Abies. Du Roi 
     
     (1800) applied the name Abies nigra to the black spruce 
     
    
   
   
    
     Picea mariana (black spruce. 
     
     Picea rubens (red spruce). 
     
     McSwain & Bain 1891. [no name given] "’icea mariana (black spruce) 
     
     Bain 1890. ".Spruce Picea spp. (spruce species) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Macoun 1894: ‘Black spruce‘. Picea mariana( (black spruce). The spruces, as Picea were split off at some point from Abies (the 
     
     Johnson 1895: ‘Black spruce. firs). Link (1831) applied the name Picea nigra to the black spruce. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Perley 1847: ‘Black and red spruce.