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PINUS PINASTER. 



becomes covered with a purplish bark, marked with nu- 

 merous deep fissures, and, in exposed situations, often 

 invested with the gray lichen alluded to above. The bark 



itself is of a soft, pithy texture, and readily splits into 

 plates about two inches wide and from four to six in 

 length, having an even surface on both sides. From the 



