MONOECIA MONODELPHIA. 587 



The kernels of the fruit have a mild, farinaceous, 

 oily tafte, agreeable to moft palates. Squirrels 

 and mice are fond of them, and fome birds, 

 flich as jays, nutcrackers, &c. A kind of cho- 

 colate has been prepared from them, and there 

 ^ are inftances of their having been formed into 



bread. The oil exprefs'd from ihem is little in- 

 ferior to the oil of almonds, and is nfed [by 

 painters, and by chemiils, for receiving and re- 

 taining odors. The charcoal mjade of the wood 

 is ufed by painters in drawing. 

 Some of the Highlanders, where fuperflition is not 

 totally fubfided, look upon the tree itfeif as un- 

 lucky, but are glad to get two of the nuts na- 

 turally conjoin'd, which is a good omen. Theie 

 they call Cno-chomhlaich^ and carry them as an 

 efficacious charm againfr witchcraft. 



MONADELPHIA. 



PINUS. Ge72. pi 1077. 



MASC. Cat. 4-phyllus. Cor. o. Stam. plurima. 



Anthevce nuda?. 

 FEM. Cal. Stroboii, fquama 2-flora. Cor. o, 



Pijl, I. iVi;^^ ala membranacea excepta. 



Jylvefiris i. PINUS foliis geminis, primordialibus folitariis gla- 

 bris. Sp.pl. 141 8. {Ger. em, i^S^'f* i» Black" 

 well t. 190,) 



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